When I was a child, my family often donated old furniture and appliances to the Salvation Army, who would come in a truck to pick up such things. I thoguht they were called the Salvation Army because they salvaged old items like the ones we donated.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the salvation army was an actual army.Anon
- I used to think doner kebabs were called that because the animals donated their meat for it— Jordan
- I used to think that people who donated their kidneys were doing it for steak and kidney pie.Anon
- I thought there were only four ranks in the army: private, corporal, Seargeant, and General— Alberto Richardson
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob