I use to believe that if you got a sliver you didn't remove pronto, that it would make it's way deeper and deeper into the body until it pierced something important....that's if you weren't lucky enough to have that area amputated first!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- I used to believe that seals were dogs that had amputated legs.Anon
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- I used to wonder why they didn't fix the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. Weren't they embarrassed that it was crooked?— Bootlebat