People shared the long held beliefs they were so sad to find out weren’t true – 27 absolute crackers

15.

‘That the moon wasn’t very big, it was just quite close. Legit thought there was a possibility you could get a long enough ladder to climb up there and that you could walk the circumference of it easily in an hour or two.’
BeanOnAJourney

16.

‘As a child, every time I visited my grandad he placed biscuits in the foliage of one of his plants, for years I honestly thought he had a rich tea plant.’
autisticmonke

17.

‘I thought County Durham was in Ireland until I moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne.’
GravelRiderUK

18.

‘It was only a few years ago that I learned Brum, the little yellow car, wasn’t call Brum because of the noise he made, but because he comes from Birmingham.

‘Completely ruined my childhood , that did.’
turingthecat

19.

‘I thought all the space teams were all talking to a man called Houston when they landed, wasn’t until I said to my day, blimey, he’s been working there a long time! that I found out, after my dad finally stopped laughing.’
missmissymissed

20.

‘It is illegal to keep the light on inside the car.’
thelonelyalien98

21.

‘I thought Chariots of Fire was about Roman chariot racing. I learnt the truth at 25.’
throwaway593090

22.

‘I used to think that the “dangerous currents” around river bridges and by the sea were, in fact, large sultanas/currants with teeth that would pull you under.

‘I was sad when I found out, mainly because I realised what a ridiculous thing it was to think in the first place ‍♂️’
Left-Incident620

23.

‘My uncle was the guy who hit the giant gong at the beginning of a Rank film. My family were a bunch of wind up merchants.’
Clamps55555

24.

‘That every day they would film, edit and release a new episode of Eastenders (or any other daily soap). I was amazed how they could all that, so quickly and reliably. I probably believed that well into my twenties.’
Icy-Hippopotenuse

25.

‘That dragonfruit was a hedgehog’s egg. That one of my Dad’s favourite triumphs.’
VeneMage

26.

‘I thought the Falklands were in Scotland.’
hermit_tortoise

27.

‘When I was little, my dad told me that thunder was two clouds bumping into each other.
….now as a 50+ adult, knowing it’s not the case, whenever I hear thunder, part of me still thinks clouds colliding is the cause.’
Miserable_Bugger

And finally, this eye-opener …

‘I looked under our car every morning before school, was told to look out for an ice cream tub. Never found any ice cream wasn’t until I was much older I realised I was looking for a bomb, Northern Ireland btw my Dad was in the forces.’
nabsickle

Source Reddit u/thekingofthegingers