I used to believe that the boiling water was air passing through the bottom of the pot wich was dilated because of the heat
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- I used to think what heated the food in the pan was the boiling water, not the heat under it.— Mario
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- i used to believe peeps with curly hair had a 3rd ear wich they can read peep's mindsAnon
- I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.Anon
- 'I've got candy in my ears tonight, baby'.
~Canned Heat, Jimiroquai.— Nin - I thought that cold was an actual, positive force and not just the absence of heat— terberous