When I was very young and was sent to early (7pm, 8pm) I couldn't comprehend that I could sleep for a whole 12 hours. I presumed the clock went from 12 midnight straight to 8am skipping the hours in between.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- i used to believe you slept for 100 hours every night.— skye-ness
- I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares
- I thought that days had 100 hours in them. Very surprised to hear there were only 24.— Cassiopeia
- I believed that if I swallowed my phlegm I would die. I spent hours spitting it out into the toilet.— chunky munky
- I thought the song Skip To My Lou was about skipping to the toilet.Anon