While sitting on the shore of a small lake in the path of the local airport, my sister asked why the waves appeared every time a plane flew overhead? I replied "sonic waves of course." She said that's what I thought.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- I used to think that at night at the beach the government would turn off the waves.— Caitlin
- I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...— Tina
- Waves are whales and sharks moving up and down under the waterAnon
- I used to believe that waves were made by whales who lined up in a row and flapped their tails.— Passionola