body parts

I used to believe everyone was born with a set number of kisses (all stored in their stomachs) to dispense to loved ones throughout their lives. I had exactly 105.

When I first saw a black person I screamed and thought that the baby was sun-burned. I was only 3.
when my mum was 6 she used to think black people were black because they weren't clean enough

When I was little and I saw a video clip in black and white, I used to think people saw in black and white, not in colour.

I was told for the longest time that if i lied i would be grassed up by my belly button. Any time i was caught out lying but tried to continue the lie (like the time i wrote *my* name on the bedroom wall, with my crayons and tried to blame my 2 year old brother who couldnt write...) i would be asked to show my belly button at which point my parents would instantly know the truth, as most parents do anyway with small kids lying. I got my revenge on it later though, i got it pierced 4 times so the bloody thing cant grass me up now for fear of being muzzled.

It was a belief that was instilled in me shortly after I started losing my baby teeth. My grandfather was visiting us and took out his false teeth to sleep and cleaned them in the morning. This was the first time I had seen false teeth and I made the connection that if I were more careful, I would be able to pull all of my teeth out of my mouth at the same time and be able to put them back into my mouth after cleaning or sleep. I was trying to pull out my teeth for like a week before my mom told me otherwise.

When I was elementary school age, I used to believe women had a horizontal, loaf-of-bread-shaped portrusion across their chests. Imagine my surprise. Obviously, I was bottle-fed as a baby.

i used to think that if i frowned my face would stick like that and would always be like that. so i only frowned like once when i was little

I used to think your belly button was there to collect the lint of your shirt!

Soul looked exactly like heart (anatomically correct heart, not "heart shape"), only it was on the right side of your body and it was transparent (not invisible).
That's how I imagined souls in Heaven/hell/purgatory too - hundreds of transparent heart muscles.

i used to belief that if i made a weird or funny face at someone that me face would stay like that forever! my mom told me that when i was really little.

When I was a kid I was very chubby, and I used to think that I could get rid of the weight by slicing it off with a knife...

My mom told me that belly buttons were knots tied by the doctor after you were born. I had four baby cousins afterwards, and last year was when I finally found out it wasn't true...

I used to believe that if you brain was dead, then you couldnt stay alive no matter what. Well that is technically true, but my mother recently told me of certain machines that can keep the rest of your body working while your brain is dead! Isn't technology great?

I used to belive...(well actually my friend used to belive) that if you poke your belly button too hard you will blow up. Lol he still belives this and he is 14...

when i was a kid i , for some reason, truly believed that grown ups dont have butts (dont ask me why)! so you could imagine my shock when i walked in to our maid's room after she had taken her shower and saw her butt!!!!

when i was in kindergarten i used to think that you could only have short hair to have bangs. when i saw a girl with long hair and bangs i was shocked!