People are sharing the hilariously misguided assumptions they made as kids – 19 favourites

11.

‘Any fall, no matter what the height, is completely harmless as long as you land in a deep enough body of water.’
TheGreenestPeon

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‘I thought that when two people got married the reason that they said “you may now kiss the bride” was because the husband had to spit a seed into the wife’s mouth and that seed would make a baby.’ your-turn

13.

‘I thought the only difference between girls and boys was the length of their hair, and if my hair were to grow out long I would become a girl.’
thedreamlan6

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‘You know when you get sick and your voice gets groggy and rough? My sister convinced me that when that happens, you temporarily traded your voice with another person in the world.’
FifiClement

15.

‘I thought mothers could understand the sounds babies made, as in interpret it as actual words.
I came to that conclusion because I saw them react to their babies and immediately determine what it needs.’
aAlouda

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‘I thought when someone died in a movie it was real and that the actors were so dedicated to that role they chose to die. Eventually figured out that wasn’t the case when I started seeing them again in newer movies.’
HD_Mechanic

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‘I thought cars needed gas to stay alive and I would panic and cry when the fuel tank showed near me empty on my dad’s car.’
odysseus-23

18.

‘I believed there were extremely tiny workmen with wee tiny yellow workman hats on pumping out the ink in my pen or marker & when it ran out of ink I’d try to coax them along to get the ink out. Like “come on fellas you can do it” I also felt very proud of myself when it would work again as if they heard me.’
rachaelRAYCHILL

19.

‘Adults knew what they were doing.’
TuxMux080

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