My mum believed that cold water would come to a boil sooner than warm water so I believed it too until school set me straight.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that hot water was red and cold water was blue.Anon
- I used to think that Luke-Warm water had somthing to do with Luke SkywalkerAnon
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon