I used to watch Alf and he'd always mention lesbians so one day I asked my father what a lesbian was. He told me that people from Lebanon were lesbians and I believed him for a very long time after that.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I asked my father what holy water was. He told me it was the priest's bathwater. — Gwen
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- My brother once referred to the neighbor as a lesbian (she was Lebanese...)Anon
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I believed for a long time that brown cows gave chocolate milk!— Evil Mom
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!