food

As a child, I assumed that "bread and water" in restaurants literally meant "a glass of water + crumbs of bread inside"

Anon

I used to think that watermelon seeds were dead souls

Anon

I used yo believe that if You eat seeds a tree grew inside you

Thali

When I was a child I thought that if I passed a gum, my guts would stick.

Honey

My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky

Lili

I was today year's old (63) to learn that 'pumpkin pie' is a sweet pie. Not a weird savoury vegetable pie!

Didn't connect that carrot cake, which I love gets the same treatment.

I've imagined all these potato, beet and pumpkin pies thinking ... 'but why!' 🤮

Raggamuffin

I thought that “selfish” was a type of fish

Enrico

When I was little I use to belief that if we swallowed the pit of a fruit, a tree would grow inside us.

Maya