I used to think that all the black spots on the sidewalk were pieces of gum that had been stepped on so many times that they got all dirty and turned black. Gross!
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- That if I stepped on a crack on a sidewalk that I would get abducted by aliensAnon
- I used to believe that in old times the world was grey (black and white, i got the idea from old movies) — Bryce
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby
- When i was a child, i used to believe that when people ate black beans, they became black— Mar'ia Elena
- I used to believe that black people were black because they had so many frecles that they merged together.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that black people saw in black and white. — Chelsea