I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that eggs were made in a factory. The oval shell made them fit perfectly in the egg cartons.— Sherry
- I used to believe that only brown eggs came from chickens. I thought white eggs were made at the store— Destiny
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that cadbury cream eggs real uncooked eggs in the middle Anon
- I used to believe that tapioca was made from boiled used kleenex.— Abby
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon
- I used to believe brussel sprouts were holy because they had a cross marked in the top when mum boiled them!— Ali Brill