My older brother told my cousin that while laying down, if you tried hard enough, you could lift your entire body off the floor by an inch-or-two, supporting yourself with only the back of your head touching the floor. - My cousin tried it and of course failed...
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.— Carlos Almonacid
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa
- My mum told me that if you picked your nose and flicked it on the floor then it would turn into a monster!— MadMack
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph