“What Is The Dumbest Thing You Believed As A Child?” — 30+ People Respond Hilariously

When you’re a kid, you’ll believe anything. We all have something we were shocked to learn was false when we discovered the truth. I don’t mean the silly lies our parents tell us either. I mean things you just don’t understand about the world.

For example, when I was a kid, I thought the clouds moving was a result of the Earth rotating. When I realized how incorrect that was, I just imagined how insane that would be if Earth rotated that fast.

Twitter user @danielmarven asked people to share the dumbest things they believed as a child…

And boy, did people deliver the funny, face-palms.

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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.