When I was about 5 or 6, I was watching the Disney Channel before I went to bed. When I woke up the next morning and turned on the tv, the same show was on. this led me to believe that when you turn off the tv, it pauses and you can watch it later if you turn the tv back on. I only believed this for a few months.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I swear I heard a Disney Channel/Radio Disney song where the chorus was a repeated “Damn it”— SpengBab
- i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I used to believe that if you soaked a raisin (or prune) in water, it would turn back into a grape (or plum).— C.C.
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005