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When I was elementary school age, I used to believe women had a horizontal, loaf-of-bread-shaped portrusion across their chests. Imagine my surprise. Obviously, I was bottle-fed as a baby.

Chris

I used to think the ringing in your ears was an alarm telling me someone was trying to contact me...mainly the ghostbusters and the ninja tutrles!!

Jo

i used to think that if i frowned my face would stick like that and would always be like that. so i only frowned like once when i was little

Anon

Soul looked exactly like heart (anatomically correct heart, not "heart shape"), only it was on the right side of your body and it was transparent (not invisible).
That's how I imagined souls in Heaven/hell/purgatory too - hundreds of transparent heart muscles.

Pat

i used to belief that if i made a weird or funny face at someone that me face would stay like that forever! my mom told me that when i was really little.

Anon

When I was a kid I was very chubby, and I used to think that I could get rid of the weight by slicing it off with a knife...

Anon

I used to believe that if you brain was dead, then you couldnt stay alive no matter what. Well that is technically true, but my mother recently told me of certain machines that can keep the rest of your body working while your brain is dead! Isn't technology great?

Anonymous

when i was a kid i , for some reason, truly believed that grown ups dont have butts (dont ask me why)! so you could imagine my shock when i walked in to our maid's room after she had taken her shower and saw her butt!!!!

Anon

i used to believe that a birthmark is where you came out of your mama. i.e. if you had a birthmark on your leg, you came out of your mama's leg.

Anon

I believed that if you had a frown on your face, it would stay like that forever. That taught me to never frown again!

Blaine.

I grew up with baggy pants and low fitting pants, so for most of my life I thought my waist was where my hips are. It was my mom who finally explained to me that I am supposed to wear my pants higher. I never got out of the habit of wearing pants on my hip line.

Thanks a lot, dumb fads.
P.S. I am only 13 now.

Anon

i used to belive my dad had a chainsaw and would cut my foot of at night if i kept my foot at the end of the bed....

still scared of dad

I have always had this phobia since about the age of 5, I have to cover my feet up in bed in case any body comes and chops my toes off.

Choppy Toes

When I was 7 one of my playmates told me that if you accidentally swallowed one of your loose teeth, the tooth would grow out of your boobie. She was very positive about this, so of course, I believed her.

Colleen

When I was a little girl, I seen my younger cousin being changed && I was so confused that he didn't have parts lyke mine. So, I reported to everyone that Bradley had devoloped a tail && that if we didn't get him to the hospital, he may turn in to a dog. My grandma told me that all boy's had tails. I was amazed. So everytime we went out to town for w/e reason, I would exclaim to every boy I seen, "Do you have a tail lyke Bradleys?" Needless to say, didn't get out much until I was older.

Lakin

When I was little and uniformed on the contents of the human body I imagined that underneath our skin was dirty, yellow styrofoam. I tried to rip my arm off multiple times thinking I could just glue it back on.

Anon

When I was little, I used to pull my belly button untill one day, my dad told me that you can blow up if you pull your belly button

still in one peice!