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As children, we tend to believe a variety of things, from nonsense ideas to respectable concepts. And more often than not, those beliefs are based on some form of teaching, like something our parents told us not to do lest something bad happen. As adults, we know certain things as a given; it came with the worldly experience over the years. But for children, anything that's not in their immediate sphere of expertise (assuming they have any) will likely be considered as the unknown, and kids then look up to others to fill in the blanks or come up with original ideas why things are the way they are. A Twitter user by the name of @Kristen_Arnett decided to delve a bit deeper into the topic, asking people on Twitter what are some of the beliefs they had as children.

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"What’s something extremely bizarre you believed as a very young child?" was the question that kickstarted it all. Kristen Arnett wanted to know what, if any, believable theories users had as children—"believable" meaning not something about fairytales or zombies, but grounded in reality, with tangible reasoning behind it.

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Morgan Deatherage
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me to though i thought i was the only one i felt so dumb when i found out i was wrong

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Your_local_introvert
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always thought that when people kissed, they were already married/dating in "real life".

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Daniel O'Neal
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a big power plant in our area with those immense cooling towers, and I thought the same about it.

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Of course, even when they are reality-based, those beliefs still don't quite make sense to an adult because they have fundamental knowledge of the world. We know that clouds are naturally occurring, not made of fabric. We also understand certain intricacies of biology that might seem alien as a child. Basically, while grounded, the beliefs are leaning towards naiveté and inexperience, rather than ingenuity or fantasy.

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The thread wasn't meant to make fun of anyone, far from it. The answers people gave highlighted the difference in thinking, with children tending to take things quite literally, but still using their limited understanding and experiences to form a worldview that makes sense. It's the first steps towards greater understanding, and the more inquisitive a child is, the faster they understand the world they live in.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the mom and dad would kiss after they got married and the saliva or soemthing would create a baby.

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Xylle Flora
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was six I made up a movie where parallel universes existed and the way to get to them was through mirrors

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Phoebe Bean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That´s a beautiful concept (though I cannot envision Stephen King like this ... LOL)

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Princess Toadstool
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a CGI short film about a boy that turned into a watermelon after he ate one. Don’t search it up.

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Rae Reyn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my youngest had a good two years where he wanted to be a firetruck when he grows up. Not a fire fighter, the truck.

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imagae
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It does not surprise me that this child grew up to become a Dr.

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Diane Knight
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought pedestrian was a religion as the first time I saw that word was in front of a church school. I thought how would you know if the person was a Catholic, Presbyterian, or a Protestant? Seemed like the name of a religion.

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All the better to keep you from tasting them. Unfortunately I wasn't scared to taste them and ended up hanging over the commode with my mom forcing me to vomit.

Terry S.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought they were special edition edamame and ended up with MY mom shoving her fingers down my throat

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Sophia Graubart
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE CALLED? I never knew I lowkey thought of them as dried banana peels. I grew out of that but never knew what they were called. Also whenever I swam or something and a muscle rippled I always thought it was as if one of them was going through me, that was the comparison I made

Наталија Мојсин
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those are seeds and when you take them out and peel them you get something that looks like green coffee bean. When we were kids we would peel them because they are see through inside a pretend we had long nails. Good days

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Diana Pahule
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I was under the impression this was supposed to be things you dreamed up on your own. I see a lot of people being misled by adults.

Celtic Pirate Queen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I moved to San Diego 8 years ago & to be honest - they freak me out too!

Inkblot Butterfly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

AGHHH THS REMINDS ME OF THAT TIME WHERE ME AND MY FRIENDS FOUND THESE AND WE DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE AND WE USED IT FOR THE SECRET BASE I MADE OOF I GOT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCARED AFTER I FOUND OUT

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Don't trust old people. They are liars, and they are evil.

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RiaDeCatterpillar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is what i would probably think as well tbh. and i would find out that it was an actual band when i complemented them and embarrassed myself.

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M O'Connell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Though to be fair, Roadrunners are not blue, nor are they 6-feet tall.

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Bear Milk".... LMAO!! I found myself picturing a mountain man trying to milk a bear.

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Your_local_introvert
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a second I thought this post was about MINORS as in underage people, not MINERS as in coal miners lol.

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M O'Connell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Were you one of those kids who's mind was BLOWN when they encountered the same show on two different TVs at the same time?

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahhh.... Sneaky trick to prevent the mishandling of the thermometer and thus, protecting the dangerous mercury from being played with.

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The Canvas Lamb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One time, I woke at dawn and looked out the window to see the mountains covered in big cumulus clouds. The sun hadn't hit them yet so they were dark blue. I thought the mountains had grown overnight and this was a normal thing for them to do. Later in the day, though, when I saw them their normal size, I realized what had really happened.

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