I was 6 when the Chernobil reactor blew. I remember watching the news, and they of course refered to to it as 'The Plant'. For about a year I believed that there was this humongous green plant growing in Russia, and poisening everyone that came near.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- When I was a kid, I used to believe a nuclear plant was a clouds plant and could make magic clouds.— Tommy
- if you eat a seed, the plant will grow in your tummyAnon
- I used to believe that rootbeer was made from the roots of a beer plant.Anon
- I used to believe that if I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo
- I use to believe that your hair grew because you wash i.e like watering a plant — HJON