When I was really little, I thought that a 12-ounce can of soda was a magical, bottomless container, and that was why I was never allowed to drink from the can, and always made to drink rom a cup or glass.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I thought that soda was also called "pop" because if you drink too much of it, you'd explodeAnon
- I used to think that if you mixed a diet drink with a regular drink, it would explode. Anon
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- I thought there was a legal drinking age for soda (I had always been told that soda was not for children).— Dial Zero
- When I was young I refused to drink well water because I thought it came out of whales.— itodd
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon