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I used to think that artichokes were animals because my mother said we were eating artichoke hearts.

I used to believe that if I ate too much salt I would turn into a donkey. That's what my grandma would tell us. LOL

I used to believe a pickle was a smaller version of the cucumber.

I saw my cousin chewing gum one day when i was 3 or 4 and i asked him what it was and he said gum. I asked where he got it from and he pointed to his mouth. I thought gum was your actual gums but it never came out for me to chew. His was green anyways.... not really the same thing, huh?

I used to believe…

dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.

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when I was little, I was told that my Grandmother told me that drinking soda from a can put metal around my brain......i beleived that until i was ten...

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When I was younger, I believed that drinking and driving meant drinking water or anything. I used to yell at my mom for drinking diet coke when she drove.

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When I was little, I always used watermelons to sit on after we bought one from the store. My mom always warned me, "don't fart on it or it will explode!"
I believed this until I was 15 when I told my older sister not to fart on the watermelon and she just laughed at me.

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when i was little i thought crunchy peanut butter had bones in it. i would constantly tell my parents i didnt like bones in my peanut butter.

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Not understanding the difference between "pitcher" and "picture" I was told that a "pitcher" of water was called that because there was a hidden "picture" inside....i believed this for years and would always frustrate myself never being able to find any hidden pictures through the glass of water..haha

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My Grandma told me when I was little that if I ate too much grating cheese my nose would fall off. I believed her, for probably longer than I should have, because grandma would never lie to me! :)

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When me and my sisters were younger, my mom told us that the ice cream man was the music man, until my grandmother introduced us to the "music man"

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When I was six my sister told me that if I swallowed a watermelon seed it would grow in my stomach. I swallowed on by accident and waited years for it to grow, the whole time i was scared the plant was slowly rising toward my mouth. I was fourteen when I realized it wasn't true.

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My Dad used to tell me that if I put too much syrup on my waffles, my pancreas wouldn’t be able to produce enough insulin. Thus, my pancreas would fail and I WOULD DIE!! From then on, I never put too much syrup on anything haha.

I used to believe that if you licked ice-cream, it would never finish.

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When I was a kid my Dad used to tell me that in order to get wheat bread that darker color it was made with crushed up bugs along with the wheat....I didnt eat wheat bread for years until I learned how it was really made.