The scariest time to me, was in 3rd or 4th grade when they tell you we are living on a ball, that is spinning around, for day and night. Revolving around the sun, and at the same time we're careening through space. WOW.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to think topping yourself meant killing yourself by spinning upside down, like a spinning top!!— Natasha
- that Worzel Gummidge was the scariest thing on television... and the daleks of course. — tracy g
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- I used to think that you could feel the world spinning.Anon
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J