When you were a kid, did you believe that MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" was a warning to children not to play with hammers? Did you think that babies came out of your butt? Maybe you thought that the moon was made of ice and could only come out at night so that the sun wouldn't melt it? If you answered yes to any of these then this list is for you. Compiled by Bored Panda, this hilarious collection of weird and wonderful things that people believed when they were kids is sure to make you laugh. Believe us!
#141
I was confused as to why firemen were heroes. Grammar error on the part of my 4-year-old self; I thought that they put fires out... as in placed them out in the world.
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#142
For the longest time I thought that Dire Straits was the name of the one musician. As in Mr and Mrs Straits named their son 'Dire'.
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#143
I thought each individual streetlight was operated and controlled by someone below that intersection.
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#144
I thought people spontaneously switched gender between ages 10 and 30. I didn't think it happened to everyone. I have no idea why I thought this.
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#145
That woman gave birth to girls and men have birth to boys. Took me a bit to get my head round the truth especially with my young self exclaiming that being female "wasn't fair"!
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#146
My parents told me something similar. The speech was something along the lines of "When a mommy and daddy like each other and kiss and stuff, something from the daddy goes into the mommy to make a baby."
Based on the explanation, I assumed that kissing was the important part and it was some substance inside saliva that caused babies to happen. They weren't very amused when I started asking them why two mommies couldn't have a baby in front of my very conservative grandparents.
Based on the explanation, I assumed that kissing was the important part and it was some substance inside saliva that caused babies to happen. They weren't very amused when I started asking them why two mommies couldn't have a baby in front of my very conservative grandparents.
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#147
While I was still in preschool I used to think that steaks and ribs were actual animals, not parts of an animal.
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#149
I believed that African American people saw everyone as brown people because their eyes are brown.
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#150
If I didn't haul ass up the stairs after getting an ice pop in the basement the "monster under the stairs" would grab my legs and pull me down into the depths with him.
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#151
When I was 6 I used to think that Cream of Mushroom Soup was actually called "Queen of Mushrooms" Soup. When we were grocery shopping one day I warned my parents not to buy it because if they made too much of the soup the Queen of Mushrooms to lose her mushroom forest. My mom took a can off the shelf and told me to read the label. I felt so silly!
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#152
I thought if someone asked something and said please you had no choice but to do it (I think my dad told me this once when I wouldn't do something).
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#153
I thought a contract killer was someone who kills people who break a contract.
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#154
I used to believe that if someone hit you on your back when you're eyes were wide open your eyes would pop out of their sockets.
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#155
I used to think the store Lord & Taylor was called "Lorden Taylor." I used to call stunt doubles "stunt devils." I thought it was "ultra-violent" instead of ultraviolet.
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#156
I used to think that all the old black and white photos of my family I used to see was because the world used to be black and white...
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#157
For the longest time when I was a little kid I thought I could only eat soup while humming. I have no idea why I thought this (and it was only with soup, for some reason). I can't even imagine how annoying it must have been for anyone else eating with me, but one day I just realized I didn't have to hum and so I stopped.
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#158
“…There was a commercial for glow-in-the-dark condoms claiming that they protected you in the bedroom and kept you safe… All I could imagine was this little glowing robot that sat on your bedroom floor at night.”
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#159
“I used to think people got pregnant because the couple sat down together and had a special meal, like a special herb or root, which made the woman pregnant.”
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#160
“When one of my friends was a kid, they thought a woman became pregnant when the dad elbowed the mom in the stomach. True story.”
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