When I was younger my brother told me that the white streaks of smoke that a jet leaves in the sky would kill me if they fell on my head, but only if there were two streaks of smoke. I believed him.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- I used to believe that you could naturally have dark hair with blonde streaks.Anon
- when i was younger i believed that clouds were made from the smoke stacks — lisa
- As a child I use to think that factory that billowed white smoke were making clouds.Anon
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- I used to believe that clouds came from the smoke that came from the factories. — Anela