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My dad told me that polyester was made from the fur of a small animal. He said they kept them in pens and killed them by stabbing them in the eye with a needle. I thougt this until we got a set of encyclopedias and I was able to look up polyester and find out that it's a synthetic fabric.

Andrea

When I was a little kid (like 4 or 5) my dad raised pigs. About once a year the pigs would be picked up and taken to away. I could never figure out where these pigs were being taken to. One day I asked my dad "where do the pigs go when the farmer comes and picks them up?" My father kind of stunned by the question immediatly said "the pigs are going to camp".

You'd think that I'd be scared for life and never want to go to any camp. I'm 20 now and every time I go to a camp or something like that it makes me think "am I gonna get back from this?"

Clayton Varner

When I was a child, my uncle (who is 6 years older than me) told me that his hamsters and fish were really baby lions and pirahna's, so I was petrified to feed them cause they would eat off my arm. It wasn't until my Mom realized that I was afraid to go to the pet aisle with her to buy his pets food that I was told the truth.

ReneeP

One day in class, a 17 year old friend of mine saw a picture of a tiger and said "OOO, look, it's Leo" (Leo is our local university's LION mascot). We thought he was joking so we laughed hysterically. Well, it turns out that when he was litle, his brother told him that tigers are the females and lions are the males of the same species. Needless to say, he still hears about it.

Anon

I used to, when I was about 5, believe that flamingoes only had one leg. I thought that, to fly, they would hop really fast on that one leg and then try to fly. I didn't learn this until many yrs later. I still get teased about it.

Anon

I was walking with my family at the zoo when we saw deer, and my husband said to my children, "Kids, look at the reindeer!" I ARGUED with him in front of loads of people, telling him that reindeer do NOT exist; they're part of the whole Santa thing! These are DEER, not reindeer!" I finally caught on after many people started looking at me strangely... and I was well over twenty-five at the time. :)

A.J. Anthony

When I was a small child, I would name farm animals while on road trips. My mother had convinced me that a horse was a cow and vice-versa. She thought it would be funny. Eventually, I found out the truth but still to this day if you were to show me a flashcard of a cow, I would more than likely say horse without thinking of it.

Anon

when i was growing we always went camping. every night we would go "snipe" hunting. i dont exactly remember what a snipe was supposed to be but we were told they were awsome to eat for breakfast. the adults w/us would make noises or have someone hide and do it. we would "catch them w/shoprite bags and place them in the coolers. our parents would stick there hands in the bad and since it was night no one could tell while they pretended there hand was a "snipe". "mysteriously" every morning after, or by the time we got back to our trailers, the snipes would disapeer. when they didnt disapear before we got back we were told never to open the cooler b/c they are really fast and would get out. good times, good times

erin

when I was about 5 or 6 I thought my dog was a lion so every time it came up to me i ran down the driveway

madison

I used to think apes lived in mongolia, and the girl apes wore pink bows

Christina

When I was little, my father told me that the cows in Switzerland have shorter legs on one said than on the other so that they wouldn't tip over when they are walking on the mountain.

When I was 17, I was introduced to some Swiss people and told them how cool I thought it was that the animals had adapted this way!!! How embarassing.

Simone

I used to have a hamster, and my mom and I would put cotton wool in its cage as bedding.
One day my mom told me to clean the cage, change the cotton wool etc...
I couldn't find any cotton wool but I DID however find tampons in the bathroom. Being a seven yearold, I pulled about 10 tampons apart and filled my hamsters cage with them.


My mom wasn't happy

Sarah

When I was a kid, my grandma gave me this gross rock, telling me it was a dinasaur egg. Wanting it to hatch, I followed her directions to keep it under my pillow until it hatched. I finally realized it was a rock when was 12.

Taryn