I used to believe that when someone gave something up "cold turkey" it literally meant that they no longer ate cold turkey. I had no idea how that would affect smoking. I did understand vaguely how that would affect weight loss.
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren
- I used to think Hungary and Turkey were the same country... I have no idea where that came from...— Skylla
- Up until I was 10 I used to believe turkey was vegetarian.Anon
- I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...Anon
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- that coleslaw was cold slaw. Anon