When I was little, my dad told me the reason i got freckles is because he lifted me up against a screen when a cow farted then he would sit me out in the sun to dry. I believed him for years
A childhood belief about lies

others believed things like this
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- When I was little and farted in bed my mum told me to "take big sniffs - it will soon go away" yuk.Anon
- I used to think that boy's lifted the toilet seat to pee because their asses were too big.— sydo