When I was little, I used to believe when you were squinting and there was wind, you would be blocked. When I was 14 years old, my mother told me it was false, before I was sure it was real. When I learnt this I felt so stupid.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to think that if you stared real hard at the wind, you could see the angels.— Bradon
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria
- I used to believe that the wind was caused by trees so you could stop the wind by getting rid of trees.— Nira
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- I used to believe that CD's were made of glass, until I learnt otherwise.Anon