I used to believe that the frying pan and metal stuff were never hot unless they glowed red. That changed the day I decided to test it out when Mom wasn't looking. I cried for an hour I think.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that your birthday changed every year, and that your parents just decided what day it was.— Daniel
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- I believed for years that the sun and moon were the same thing - it just glowed more in the day :)— Deb
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- When I was about 4 or 5, I used to believe that instead of bones, we had metal pipes. — TL
- I used to believe that water towers were giant metal spiders. Don't ask. — Goatgirl