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I thought google was a place where they sold goggles online
google
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I use to believe that when you faxed someone something the paper would somehow travel through the machine through some wires and tunnels in the ground where workers would read it and laugh at the sender and into the next machine. The first few times I used a fax machine i would fold the paper I wanted faxed in half so that no one else coud read my message then fax it. It was a few months later, and many blank faxes before someone told me (amid laughter) how a fax machine worked.
when i was 8 or 9 years old i used to think that the tape rolls in cassettes were curtains in front of a mini stage and that when you plugged the power chord into the wall and played the tape the singer or group would travel throught the wire, hide behind the tape rolls( curtains) and play their music. To satisfy my curiosity i once smashed open a cassette to find these mini performers but ended up with boring pile of magnetic tape.
neeraj
I USED TO THINK THAT FAX'S WENT UNDER THE GROUND IN TUNNELS AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE - untill i was about 16 and a mate told me the truth - THE SHAME!
jeni hall
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When I was 7/8 (can't remember!) I went to my dad's office and saw his employee's paper shredder that had a reverse button on it (in case of a paper jam) and I said, out loud, "Oh, that's a good idea, so if you shred the wrong thing, you can have it restored!" OOPS! I was so embarrassed!
Anonny Boy
When I was a child i used to believe you had to say 'cheese' to any camera type thing including the video camera. So the camera would face to me and I would say cheese for 5 minutes until I ran out of breath.
Vanessa
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I used to believe that when my parents were recording anything on TV, I had to be quiet around the VCR because any sound I make would also be recorded onto it.
Waffo
I used to believe you could edit a webpage in IE by highlighting and typing in the new text.
When I was about four, I'd call my Grandmama up every day to tell her how things were invented. Our conversations went like this:
"Grandmama! Guess how the toaster was invented?"
"How?"
"Well, the cavemen went to the city and picked up some rubbish from the streets, like soda cans, juice boxes, and old socks. Then Fred Flintstone melted them all together and made a toaster!!"
skittlezfrog
My dad used to tell me there was a midget in the photo booth at the mall and he would work inside the booth to develop the pictures.
Ginger
We were studying birds (or something) at primary school when one rich kid had a computer (very new thing) and printed out some fact on a particular native species. For quite a few years I thought that he had asked the computer about it and the computer had just given him what it knew, because computers knew everything...
We've sort of come full circle with google...
cc
I used to seeing modem used for internet connection in my home early from my days of childhood.I used to believe(nope I should correct it as "I used to wonder)how my dad used to browse the web by simply connecting the modem a "white bulky box" ... n' to add to it he was able to do this even when there was no power supply!!!
iNtRuDeR
My dad works at the electric power station as an engineer. Whenever there was a power outage I would ask and quarrel with him why he cut off the electricity while I was home.
Sunita
well when i was younger (6-7 years old), i used to believe that if in any room any electricity consuimg gadget like fans,tubelights,etc are switched on, and if any person is present in that room, then we would not be charged for it! so whenever i used to go out, i used to shout on my brother and force him into the room so that we would not be charged for it !!!
NIKHIL SHARMA
Once a friend of mine and I tried to figure out scientifically why every time we walked in front of a radio a certain way that it just made static noises. I believe we concluded that we were absorbing the radio waves.
Neal
I used to believe that, when sending a fax, the pages would physically go THROUGH the cables, right to information's destination...
I used to believe that somone used to have to go round and switch all the cats eyes on at night time, it was only when I got older I realised it was the cars headlights reflection that lit them up as they travelled along!
Tracy
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i used to belive if we cut the wire an old remote control car connecting the remote and wire i would get a wireless remote control car
When i was child , i used to believe that wnen electricity was off in my place whole world would have faced the same problem.
sajju
At the time i was in like, kindergarten. one day one of my feriends told me that somehow, watches got powered by sucking the power out of diamonds. i was amazed at this fact until about 8 years old saw my dad replacing a battery from his watch.
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