I thought that most if not all dinosaurs turned into fossils when they died and I didn't know it took a long time but thought they just turn into a fossil instantly when they die
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I thought everyone only had a set number of breaths before they died.
I breathed slowly for a long time.Anon - I used to believe that mountains were dinosaurs that had died and been covered with dirt.— Marina
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- When i went to a funeral only a bit of the coffin was open so i thought when u died you turned into a migit.— Andrew
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon