I used to believe that if you put your finger in your belly button then smelt it you could smell your next poo
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when i was young, my aunt would tell me and my cousin that if we fart, she would call the children police and that they would come and arrest us in the middle of night! i would always try to hold it in or wouldn't sleep to see what happens if my brother farts!
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When I was younger my dad told me that he had what was called a 'poot jar.' He said that everyone had one and if I misbehaved he would take it out and open it and make me smell it.
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In honor of "thelungs,man", who admitted that, until he was in his 20s, he thought the lungs were located in the throat:
Growing up I always heard people complain about their "sinus problems" but never had experienced any problems myself, so I guess I always thought of the word "Sinus" as more of a label, like saying you had a cold or the flu.
When I was in my early 20s I was complaining to some co-workers that I wasn't feeling well and described my symptoms. Someone said it sounded like my sinuses were acting up, and in front of the entire office I confidently explained that couldn't be right because I did not have sinuses.
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My older sister told me that pooping was when your butt threw up, and I believed her until fifth grade when we learned what it REALLY was.
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when i was 5 i used to think that peas is a thing used to eat
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My sissy used to think that the president and famous people she liked like Edward Furlong didnt pee or poop.
I honestly believe that I could fly! Until I fell dont the stairs and broke me arm!
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When i was about 4 i believed that we had two holes in our throat, one for drink and one for food, and when i choked i believed that it went down the wrong hole!
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When I was younger, I thought that when people were sleeping at night, their heart stopped for a while to rest, and then in the morning, it started beating again, so we could open our eyes. One morning, when my mum told me i had to wake up to go to school and i should hurry up, I told her that I'm waiting for my heart to start beating.....
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when i was little, my dad used to say that when you farted, it was the first sign of a poop.
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When I was little, I used to think that the ONLY way that a person could get AIDS is if they had sex with someone who had it. Then I started to see a lot of charity promotions that said things like, 'Help young children with AIDS - donate today!' and I would be like, EEW!
I'm very glad I found out the truth.
I used to believe that when people said they'd 'split their head open' they'd cut it right down the middle and your brain and blood and stuff hung out until the nurse hoisted them all back in and sealed your head again!
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When I first learned about the coma, (I was around 3 or 4 at the time,) my friend convinced me that we went into one every night, so when I asked my dad for coffee to keep me from falling asleep, he set me straight.
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when i was around 5 or 6 i believed i could fly so much my mother had to keep me off school as i would try and jump from the top of the stairs.
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When I was about six or seven my Dad told me that the hospital sold corks for children who farted too much to hold it all in! I believed him for quite some time.... at least it got me to go away from him to fart I guess.
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i used to believe that a guys penis was on a reel and inorder to pee they had to unroll it and roll it back up when they were done
I have always hated going to the dentist and when I was smaller and would wait in the waiting room, I would hear the sound of drilling and used to think the sound was too drown out the patients screaming.
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When I was 6, I needed 2 teeth out and had an aneasthetic injection in my hand to get me to sleep ( I hate the things! ). They told me that the stuff in the injection was 'butterfly milk' for some reason and I believed them so everytime I saw a butterfly, I was worried that if it landed on me I might get this 'butterfly milk' on me and fall to sleep.
I used to believe that i could talk to the wind and had powers. I would be waiting for my bus and you would hear me talking to no one saying "stop blowing, I'm getting cold!!'. Eventuallly I *convinced* the wind that It shouldn't blow around any more because the poor leaves were getting lost.