My brother told me that if you press the button on the handbreak in the car when the car was off the car would explode. I thought this was pretty cool and thought i would give it a try. Didn't work, though. Wonder why.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- I use to think the hazard lights button would cause the car to explode.— m0u5y
- One of my friends told me that when he was a kid he thought windmills were used to keep cows cool!— Julie