I was puzzled by daylight savings time, and couldn't get any adult to explain adequately to me how the way we set our clocks influences the rotation of the Earth...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- I used to watch the clouds blowing across the sky and think I was seeing evidence of the earth's rotation.— Dave T
- i used to think before clocks were invented, there was no such thing as time— nathan t
- when i was young, when some 1 said time flies, i wondered why there wernt clocks flying aroun— Necrid
- I used to believe that killer bees would take over the world by the time I was an adult.— Kristy O.