I used to think the Earth rotated really really fast and that we just didn't notice because of our atmosphere. I thought that's how gravity worked too - that we were stuck to the ground because of the spinning
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- I used to think topping yourself meant killing yourself by spinning upside down, like a spinning top!!— Natasha
- I use to believe that the earth rotates on actually axes....i just pictured it spinning on red handle axesAnon
- I sed to think that thw only reason we stuck to the earth was because is spins around!— imgareth
- WHen I was a child I used to believe the sun rotated between day and night.— Hao
- I believed the sun and the moon were the same thing, just rotated to change from day to night.— Daniel