I used to believe that pepper created actual heat.
so one day when I didn't want to go to school, I ate about 2 tablespoons of pure ground black pepper, and told my mom I was sick and to take my temperature.
She told me as red as my face was, my temperature was fine.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I used to think that when somebody farted, little black dots came out that looked like pepper specks.— Jade
- I used to believe that if you dig a hole in the ground and put pepper in the hole, the ground would sneeze.— Cookie
- I used to believe that if you turned the thermastat temperature above 70 degrees that everything would melt.Anon