After seeing my Grandma take out her false teeth, I believed that I could take out my own. I spent countless hours in front of the bathroom mirror trying to figure this out. Until someone clued me in.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- I believed that if I swallowed my phlegm I would die. I spent hours spitting it out into the toilet.— chunky munky
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon
- I once asked my mom if my grandma got wrinkles on her wrinkels when she bathed. Go figure....— Kitty
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon