When I was little, I used to believe that when you cooked food in the microwave, you had to run out of the room before the timer counted to 0 and it beeped, or else you would explode. I don't know why I believed that, since obviously, I never exploded.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Automatic Toll Boths had underground room where people counted your money.— Dillon
- When I was younger I believed that if I were approching too much my TV it would explode.— Antho8=>
- I once believed that if you touched hamburger meat, it would explode!— Dipaloe
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- I used to belive that the New Years ball exploded, and people who were near it died.— Angela