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I used to believe that every time I saw a "To Let" sign, for example on a patch of land for sale, that it was a toliet advertisement but they had lost the "i". I was very confused when driving to my grans one day which was a 40 minute journey through the country that we passed thirty three toilets!!!

I used to think that when you put a letter into a postbox that there was a huge conveyer belt underneath that took it to your door during the night. I thought tis because my dad told me when I was 5

Here in the UK, there are posts on the streets which tell the fire services the location of the nearest hydrant. They are yellow, with a black 'H' on it. Above and below the 'H' are numbers (I still can't work out what they tell you exactly - perhaps 'x' metres along and 'y' metres out?). I always thought that they told the fire brigade where the NEXT fire would be, to help them get there quicker. Well it seemed sensible to me!

i used to beleive that there was a man in the traffic lights that changed the colours.until one day i saw a crash where a car knocked over the traffic lights i ran over to see if the man was okay but instead i found metel and wires

my friend's parents said whenever the music played on the ice cream van, that meant they'd run out and had no icecream left. cruel!

When I was little I asked my Mom where water comes from. She told me that it comes from a water plant. After that I decided that inside water towers there were huge flowers that made water!

I used to believe that inhaling the smell of tar from roadworks was good for you, my mother used to take me around roadworks because she said it cleared your airways out!!

When I was 10, my family went on vacation and stayed at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. One of the sideshow acts was "Gorilla Girl," where a "scientist" changed a woman into a gorilla. For some reason I was terrified...totally bought into the illusion...especially when the "gorilla" broke her cage door and rushed the stage. I was outside before my poor father knew what to do!

I used to believe that the drug store sold illegal drugs. It had the word "Drug" right there on the sign!Every time I went with my parents to buy shampoo and toothpaste I would worry that we would get arrested for being there!

I used to believe…

iused to believe that when i farted in a pool it would suck up water and cum out my ears!wat a muppet

I used to believe that the airport radar light which can be seen in the night sky, was to help locate children lost at the industries fair.

A very young child i was convinced if you stepped on a crack in the footpath you would blow up!!! In fact it is probably my earliest memory....

The silly thing is that now at 25 i still dont step on cracks - just habit now i guess.

When I was little, my dad told me that when the mall closed at night, zombies came out and ate all the people who were locked inside. It backfired, though, one night when we were still at the mall at closing time and I started freaking out.

I used to believe…

That the water tower in our town was full of beer,,,as my uncle told me so.

Also that the war memorial,of a soldier,with a rifle over his back,on a horse,,made of concrete,,was of my father..as my grand parents told me so.

My mum told us that when Mr Wippy (the ice cream truck) played his music he was out of ice cream and as he always played when he came down our street I never got one!!!

I was about 5 or 6 when my swimming instructor lead me to believe that if you pee'd in a swimming pool, you could not get away with it, 'cause your urine would turn red, and it would form this red ring around you, so everyone would look at you in disgrace!! I went on to believe it for many years to come, and always refrained from doing so!