I used to think rust stains on the concrete outside our house were marks caused by mini meteorites falling from the night sky. Turns out, no mini meteorites ever fell onto our driveway. I always worried one would hit me on the head.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When i was little, i used to think that brocolli were mini trees, so i tried planting one one time. — Stacey
- i used to think there were little mini oompa loompas inside of me that pushed the poop out of my buttAnon
- I thought that exclamation marks were actually "explanation marks", since they explain how you pronounce it.— superoid
- I used to believe that sattelite dishes were used to shot down falling meteors that fell to earth.Anon
- i used to belive that if i fell on my head my head would come off while i was doing a cartwheelAnon
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv