When I was about 4 or 5, I believed that stuffing paper into a vcr would make in work better (I don't know why). I was corrected years later when our vcr broke and we bought a new one. We were wondering what went wrong with the old one, and opened it up. Inside was all the little bits of paper.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- i believe in the tooth fairy so much that i make paper bags for her!— Monster High girl
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- When I was little, I believed that clouds came from paper mills.— Ryne
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em
- I use to think that mummies were wrapped in toilet paper.— Glowworm