when i was little i was convinced that rocks grew, i had seen big boulders and little pebbles so it made sense that the boulders were grown up rocks and the pebbles were baby rocks i would ask my mom if rocks grew she told me no but i thought she was lying
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When I was young, I used to believe that thunder and lightning was when huge boulders fell out of the sky. That's why there were so many pot holes in the ground apparently.
My Uncle Mike lived in a small town about 20 minutes from where I lived. Near the town is a coal power plant that has steam stacks . When i was little I thought that was what made the clouds.
During a very long car ride to the ocean, I came to the conclusion that the moon was actually a reflection of Earth, and if I looked hard enough, I really could see my family's car moving on the surface.
I used to believe that driving caused the clouds to move.
I used to believe that I could control the wind.
Thanks to an older cousin, I used to believe that tornadoes were alive and could actually see us, so that’s why we had to hide in a hallway without windows during tornado drills in elementary school.
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That Icould hide the sun with clouds at my will, and it did work everytime.
When I was a kid living on the west coast I asked my dad how the tides happened. He said, when people in Asia go to the beach and get in the water, it's high tide here. When they get out, it's low tide.
I used to believe that the moon was a giant mirror and, if I had a powerful enough telescope, I could see myself waving at myself.
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i used to believe the sunset was better in California cause it was closer to the sun
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I used to believe that the wind was caused by trees so you could stop the wind by getting rid of trees.
I used to believe that clouds were created by steam trains and I was worried about what would happen if steam trains stopped running completely.
I used to believe that clouds were giant blocks of ice covered in cat hair.
Between about 4-6 I used to believe that the wind came from the clouds moving.
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I used to believe that the hills were buried dinosaurs.
When I was a little kid, I used to think that jets' exhaust was what created the clouds
I used to believe that when you could see your breath outside in the cold, you were making clouds. So I would breathe out a lot to make as many clouds as possible :)
I saved a "lava-rock" for years because my dad convinced me after seeing a shooting star that he found it. It wasn't till I was like 20 something and telling the story that it hit me, I was duped... (he even waited for it to cool) lol
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I used to believe that earthquakes happened because the earth was farting.