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I was told by my grandma that there were things called wim-wams which were used for winding the sun up and down and which were kept on the side of the road just for that purpose. I've realised (only recently) that a wim-wam turned up every time Grandma saw a piece of farm machinery she didn't recognise. I expect there's a lot more of them now.
rosy
My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.
Outsider
On one home video of christmas morning, it starts out with my dad walking past the camera that he just set up on the tripod, and as he goes by he bumps it and the camera moves.
I asked my mom how that happened and she said "Well he's a big guy."
I thought there was a version of my dad inside the tape and since he was a big guy, in that part of the video he accidentally shook the video tape inside the VCR, therefore shaking the picture on the screen.
Rhiannon
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I honestly thought that every time I used the vacuum cleaner, it was going to blow up and kill me. I loathed having to do that particular chore, and I'd always try to do it as quickly as possible so as to not get blown up by the exploding vacuum cleaner. I think I just hated the noise it made.
Cookie
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When I was three years old, my parents got me a Casio keyboard that had a variety of different instruments to choose from... leading me to believe that all music came from keyboards, and that violins, flutes, and the like didn't REALLY work (they didn't have any keys!)
Vince
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When I was 3 or so, someone gave me a lava rock from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens (which 19 years later, I still have). I thought that if I put it in the microwave, it would become molten again.
Guenevere
i used to belive that early laserdiscs would play my vinyl records and show the movie - i wanted to put my star wars soundtrack record in the slot and watch the movie
You know how your voice sounds much different on a tape recorder? I used to believe that if I recorded my voice onto a tape, listened to the recording and mimicked the sound, when I recorded that it would end up sounding like I thought I sounded all the time.
joe
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I used to believe that "dead" batteries were once alive, and so when my parents would try to throw them away, I would cry and insist that they get a proper funeral.
Jessica
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From the age of about eight to ten I was convinced I could make 'Black light' by combining the beams from two torches - if only I could get them lined up right. Then I'd be rich. Oh yes. Well, I'm filthy rich now but still haven't cracked battery operated darkness.
Gavin
I used to think that when you put in a video, the people in it had to really quickly run and start acting it again. It got really confsing for me when I realised that several people could watch the same film at the same time. my mum used to tell me that that wasn't right, but i only believed her when I was about 7!
Hannah
I once had a cheap radio and a pair of walkie-talkies, and somehow managed to convince myself that if I touched the radio aerial with the walkie-talkie aerial, I could transmit on the same frequency as the radio station, and shout over the top of the presenter's voice at everyone who was currently listening to that station. Something to do with frequencies and tuning forks at school, probably. *Sigh* If only it was that simple...
Gav
I used to believe the internet was useful until I came across this site
Bob
I always though little men lived in the cats eyes in the road, also in the tellie - actually in most electrical appliances
tracy g
I believed that I had invented reef knots.
Phil
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At some point in my childhood, I remember thinking that Pink was a new colour that had been invented... I really believed I hadn't seen it before.
Debbie
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