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I used to believe that braces on your teeth were a substitute for brushing. I always hoped I could get them so I wouldn't have to brush my teeth anymore.

ha ha ha

I had an uncle who has lost his arm in a farm accident. Also, I noticed when things were broken, they were thrown away.Sooo, when i fell and broke my arm (age 8), I was sure they were going to cut it off and throw it away. I was scared to death until I left the hospital with my arm in a cast and still attached to the rest of me!

Mel

when i was young i used to think that balls(testes) used to store urine. but now i know its for a higher purpose. to make babies unless...

young.

i used to think that i had two noses and i remember not understanding why i was congested when ever i got sick because doesn't it make sense that if you cant breathe out of one nose then you should be able to breathe out of the other?

Nat

When I first heard someone make reference to the stereotypically feminine complaint of "oh, I can't do that, I'd break a nail", I imagined that the person saying that was concerned about the nail completely breaking off down the middle. Having at one point trimmed off my own nail a bit too close to the flesh, this sounded like an excruciatingly painful thing to happen and I couldn't understand why the complaint was treated with such derision.

Jim, UK

I used to believe that if my finger was ever cut off, it would grow back.

Chrissy

i use 2 think girls dint hav a peepee!!! how wud they pee!!

Anon

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that if you opened the refridgerator door too long, your face was freeze in the same position for the rest of your life...She even backed the lie with the story of her distant aunt who had her face frozen and her lips stayed curled forever. So I made a serious effort to make my face a pretty as possible so it if it ever froze, I woud still look nice. I did try to avoid smiles however because I feared that I would have a smile on even if I was angry.

Jasmynne

When I was little, I believed that the septum (the part inside your nose that divides it into two parts) was just a very large booger, and I used a Q-tip to try to get it out! All that did was make my nose hurt so I gave up.

Kate

When I was younger I had my appendix taken out. I used to be afraid that if I got a cut on my scar, the scar would come completely open and my insides would fall out. So whenever I was playing I would put my hand over my scar incase I fell.

Dea

When I was young, I used to believe that when you swallow a fish bone, it will become part of your bone and you can grow faster and stronger with more bones.

Jane

After watching the Magic School Bus Human Body, I began to think that there were little kids floating around inside of me, too!

Crane

When I was a kid, my mom told me she carved my teeth out of the wood of the big pine tree in the front yard, just like George Washington's teeth (as if they were wooden, which I'm not certain of but I seriously doubt). For years, I thought my teeth were made of wood.

Lydia

When I was younger I use to believe that girls really did have boy body parts but they broke off as they were born...I believed this until I was about 5 or 6....

Sneaky Pete

i used to believe that my nose could pose

charlotte

I have a mole on the back of my left hand. I used to believe that everyone had one so they could remember the left side was the one with the dot.

Sophia

I used to believe that kidneys were located in your knees.

Anon