When I was in science class, they said the earth rotates on an imaginary line called the axis. I didn't know what imaginary is, so I thought at the north and south pole, there really was a big pole coming out of the ground. I wanted to go see it!
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright - When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- I once believed that one could run around the south pole in order to travel backwards and forwards in time.— kaibutsu
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- I use to believe that the earth rotates on actually axes....i just pictured it spinning on red handle axesAnon