I believed that my dad was born before the dodo birds were extinct, and i had mentioned it to my teacher, she laffed. Turns out they have been extinct since 1600's. My parents still tease me about that.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- Up until the 5th grade, I thought that all Egyptians were extinct. — Amy x
- "dildo is an extinct bird"
my 18 year old friend fell for that.— pebblezzz - My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth
- Ironically my parents were born on the same day; so growing up, I thought all parents had the same birthdays. Anon
- I used to think that "tease your hair" meant make fun of itAnon
- i believed that "birthmarks" were from poop stains from your mom when you were born.— Abberatia