I discovered that me knees creak a bit sometimes. I told my dad about it and he told me about how when I was born I had no knees and so they had to give me steel knees. I believed it for 6 years. I was very angry when I discovered this was false.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that kidneys were located in your knees.Anon
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- steel wool comes from steel sheep— tg
- I used to believe my middle name was and. At age 12, I discovered that it was actually "ann".Anon
- I used to think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world
- i usedto belive that if you ate a paperclip you would be like the man of steel. um....... it didn`t go well.— rachel a.k.a. SUPERGIRL