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common beliefs

the ones thousands of you sent in, near enough word for word

animals

Cats and dogs are the same species

Earwigs crawl into your ears

Dragonflies sew your lips shut

You can catch a bird by putting salt on its tail

at home

There are monsters living under your bed

Mirrors are windows to other worlds

You can get sucked down the plughole

bad habits

If you pick your nose your brain will fall out or cave in

body functions

Girls don't fart

body parts

If you play with your belly button your bottom will fall off

death

People killed in films or on TV die in real life.

If you don't hold your breath as you pass a cemetery you will die or become possessed.

Euthanasia is youth in Asia

food

If you swallow a seed a plant will grow inside you.

Chocolate milk comes from brown cows

Eating crusts makes your hair curly

If you swallow chewing gum you will die

If you eat Gushers your head turns into a fruit

Salt cools food down, pepper warms it up

grown-ups

You can be literally anything you want - animal, vegetable or mineral

Getting fired means being set on fire.

Parents have eyes in the back of their heads.

Firemen start fires.

You must marry someone with the same surname as you.

kids

Toys come alive at night when you're asleep

Your life is like the Truman Show

Everyone except you is a robot

language

In the alphabet, L-M-N-O-P is one letter, pronounced elemenopee

make-believe

Bloody Mary

media

People on TV shows live inside the television

All music on radio stations are performed live by the band in the studio

People on TV can see what you're doing

Chucky from Child's Play was real

music

The song "Bad Moon On The Rise" is actually "bathroom on the right"

nature

Factories make clouds

The moon follows you

Thunder is the sound of God bowling

Trees make the wind blow

The crescent moon is God's nail clipping

neighbourhood

Ice cream vans only play music when they've run out of ice cream

Wee turns a different colour in swimming pools

people

Anon is a person's name

The person whose birthday is earliest in the year is oldest

religion

The priest holding the services is God

school

Teachers live at school

sex

You can get pregnant from kissing

Brides become pregnant at the wedding

Oral sex is talking about sex

Condom is short for condominium

the law

Serial killers are actually cereal killers

the past

The world was black and white before colour photographs and colour TV

Guerrilla fighters are really gorillas

the world

Cheques (checks) and cash from the ATM are free money

Miami is "My Ami"

Gunpoint is a place where lots of crime happens

time

Quarter of an hour is 25 minutes

transport

Traffic lights are operated by creatures who live inside them

Car signals tell you where to drive

Drinking and driving applies to all drinks