I used to genuinely believe that cowlicks came from cows licking you. I was probably three when we passed a pasture and I asked "is that the cow that licked me?" I will never live that down.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that cowlicks were like salt licks, only for domesticated animals.Anon
- when i was little, i ues to think the lil brown dots on ur skin were chocolate so i started licking them... — lil miz shorty
- I used to believe that if you licked ice-cream, it would never finish. Anon
- I used to believe that a cow-lick meant that a cow had licked you when you were a baby.— Lindsay
- I used to believe chocolate milk came from brown cows and regular milk came from black and white cowsAnon
- i used to think chocolate milk came from brown cows and normal milk came from white cows Anon