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When i was little my mom told me that she could "plug" her ears and wouldn't be able to hear what i said. being little i believed her and would tell her to plug her ears so i could tell my dad all sorts of secrets (like what her birthday present was) in front of her. the really sad part is i believed this until i was about 14 or so. very gullible little child (and adult)!

Anon

I used to believe that my dentist used "sleepy juice" so it wouldn't hurt when he pulled a tooth. People used to say that their dentist used a needle, and I would tell them that mine didn't. Boy was I fooled.

Anon

i used to believe that when you had fitted braces people called them train track and i thought that little trains would go round your mouth so i always looked after my teeth and when i was in yr 3 my friend had braces and i asked what trains they were and now every1 laughd at me because of my belief!

beth92

My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there.

Bryan M.

Once my brother swalled one of his loose teeth eating a rice cake. My mom looked in his mouth and said that the new one was coming in. I thought I could see something white at the back of his mouth, and until I lost a tooth I thought that over the course of days, new teeth would fly up from your stomach and land in the empty tooth-space.

Kieran

When I was little I did and thought the stupidest thing ever! I was on a hammock and I rolled it up so I was literally sitting on a thick rope type thing. I kept being pushed backwards by the unstable fabric beneath me, but it didn't hurt, until I suddenly fell forward and hit my jaw hard against the floor. I smashed it so hard that I began to bleed and my mom was just cracking up because she "told me so." After I calmed down and the blood receeded a little, I asked my mom where my chin went and she told me that I still had it, and she gave me a mirror for me to see for myself, but I swore to her that the tip must still be in the living room! (I thought that it was like an egg and that I had cracked it) So I went back and spent the last 10 minutes and after returning from suturing, spent the next few days looking for the missing piece.

Christine

Up until I was 14, I believed that any liquid that went into one ear would come out the other if you were laying on your side. That's why I was unsure when I put ear medicine in there.

JS

When I was little I couldn't figure out how people had earrings on their ears. I vaguely thought people had holes punched in their ears, but discarded that idea almost immediately. "Why would people punch holes in their ears?" I thought. I do not know when I learned the truth. Surprisingly enough, I now have my ears pierced!

Emigabbly

I used to belive that there were tiny human beings inside my body that would make everything work. I had imagined a huge computer room inside my brain with a hundred little men controlling all the information regarding my feelings and thoughts. I even pictured the little men pulling on ropes to make my eyes open and close.

Amandine

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 really little I thought that the cadavers used for science purposes were people that donated their bodies when they were still alive...and they were killed so they could be used for science. I dont know why I thought that no one ever told me that.

I'm glad it's not true

I used to believe when women went to get their nails done, the acrylic ones, that they put their hands in a box and it pulls on their nails and makes them longer.

Anja

i used to believe that the vacuum cleaner would cut off my toes, and run away from my parents whenever they would vacuum the floor. i am still uncomfortable when someone is vacuuming close to my feet

heather

once when I was at the store with my dad and grandpa, I remember my grandpa buying a special toothbrush for his "false teeth". For whatever reason I interpreted "false" to mean "imaginary" and wondered why my grandfather needed a special toothbrush for his pretend teeth.

Mike

My parents convinced me when I was little that I once had a tail and that I had gotten it removed. Mostly my mother. We both have a unique personality, but that was just mea.

Princess Em

Growing up in a predominaely french family, most of the adults i came into contact with wore dentures. So i thus came to believe that the only people who wore dentures were french. I was shocked as a young adult to see my first non french person who wore dentures.

Randy

When I was younger I used to chew on my hair a lot, so my brother told me that if I chewed my hair that I would turn inside out. Needless to say, I never chewed my hair ever again and only when I was in my teens did I realize that it was all just a joke.

Kel

When I was about 5 or 6, my dad told me that if I didn't want my nose to stretch out that I should pinch it and it will stop the growing. So as often as I could I would pinch it and sometimes even put a clothespin on it. Eventually I learned, but now when I yawn, since my nostrils flare when I do, I pinch my nose out of habit, and maybe with a bit of hope it will work.

Anon

I was nine when I started getting boobs...one day out of the blue i finally noticed them (wasnt very observant) and I started crying and freaking out. My cousin who is one year older then me found me and asked what was wrong. I told her that I was getting boobs and therefore, would never be able to sleep on my stomach again, because if I did it would be painful. She then explained to me that her mom slept on her stomach all the time. I then got so excited that I decided to do a bellyflop on the bed in celebration....NEVER AGAIN! -_-

Chest Pain

I told my brother that all girls were born with holes in their ears, and that by keeping earrings in the holes it meant you were proud to be a girl, but some girls let them close up and then got them pierced again. He believed it for most of his childhood.

Michelle