My mom used to cook whole, shelled shrimp (heads and all) in soups and stuff. And I always thought their eyeballs were what made peppercorns.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My sister convinced me that tapioca was made with fish eyeballs.— Eileen
- I used to believe that heads of state had diferent kinds of heads on their shoulders— stupid elado
- when i was little, i thought that you could pull your eyeballs and wash them in your mouth— beak
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- my brother used to believe that everybody except him could see their eyeballs— Matt
- my dad used to tell me that if I ate in bed that ants would come out at night and eat my eyeballs!— jeps