once when I was at the store with my dad and grandpa, I remember my grandpa buying a special toothbrush for his "false teeth". For whatever reason I interpreted "false" to mean "imaginary" and wondered why my grandfather needed a special toothbrush for his pretend teeth.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- I used to believe that my grandpa had a special power that made him fart each time I pulled his finger. — confused
- I read in a book that if you ever swallowed toothbrush bristles then you would get appendicitus!— Amy
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon