When I was a kid I would see R.I.P. on gravestones and I thought that was the guys name. I remarked once to my mother, "man that guy RIP is burried all over the place." She then explained, "It means rest in peace."
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When i was little i used to think that a birth mark was the place on the body where you came out of the mother— bipbop
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley
- When I was little I thought that dying your hair means you kill your hair.Anon
- I used to believed that "approximately" actually means "important".Anon
- after watching "the wizard of oz" i thought kansas was black and white and the rest of the world was color!— kelly