I convinced my sister on the day of her birthday as she was licking the candles on her cake that candles were made out of ear wax:D she didnt lick them til she was 12
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- As a kid, I use to believe that candles were made out of ear wax.— CC
- I used to think that the wax statues at Madame Tussauds were made of recycled candles and crayons.Anon
- I used to believe that on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi
- I used to believe that all dessert was birthday cake.— David
- I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.— EZ
- My sister convinced me that tapioca was made with fish eyeballs.— Eileen