When I was younger, there were protests against destruction of the rainforests for cattle ranching. So somebody told me that 'they cut down the rainforests to make McDonalds beefburgers'. For years I thought that burgers were made of wood.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My dad thought robin feet were made out of wood because they look like twigs.— Molly
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- When I was a little kid i thought cattle meant a group of cats— It's a group of cows and bulls!
- I used to think tree-nuts (especially almonds) were made of wood. — Josh
- I used to believe that "burgers" were really called "boogers" and "boogers" were really called "burgers."Anon