From age 5 to about 10, I thought that the tank on the back of the toilet collected the water that went down the sink or bath tub drains. And that that water was used to flush waste away. Oddly I recently found out that this eco friendly idea has been used...I should have spoken up as a child I could have become a very wealthy individual.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha
- i used to believe that when you sat in the bath to long and got pruny
that the water made you old— Jami - I used to beleive that when I took a bath w/ my brothers, that if they peed in the water I'd get pregnant.— SabB