I remember when I was a kid someone tried to explain the Theory of Relativity to me but I completely misunderstood and thought it meant when time seems like its going slow because you're bored it really was going slower
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that board games were called bored games because you play them when you're bored.Anon
- i used to think that freckles were when god got bored and he decided to draw on your face!— kelsey
- i used to think mashed potatos were made from apples becouse they were the same color(i was a very slow child)— apples and ornges
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I thought if someone worked full time it meant they worked 24/7 and never did anything else!— andalite
- I thought that exclamation marks were actually "explanation marks", since they explain how you pronounce it.— superoid