My grandfather told me that pulling on the lumbar hook in the car would blow it up. I believed that for a really, really long time.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- I used to believe that if you had to fart and held it in too long that it would cause you to blow upAnon
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- That captain hook lived in my closet on the very top shelf.Anon
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue