what did you learn as a child that was considered true, but now you know is not?

Answer 1

If you swallow watermelon seeds, they will grow in your belly.

That if you sing at the table or whistle in bed, the devil would get you before you're dead.

Santa was too busy, so my mom had to write the name labels on the Christmas presents.

That Columbus discovered the Americas.

Pilgrims (Puritans) lived inclusively with the Natives, sharing a meal with them that started the Thanksgiving tradition.

The tops of orchard trees were trimmed completely flat by an upside-down helicopter (I'm still teasing my mom for telling me that)

My cousin Greg had an invisible dog name Di-ohjee

Answer 2

As a child, I knew little. Most of my learning came to me as I grew.

I am able to share that which I have learned IS true (not entirely in keeping with your question but the world will not end if I answer this way).

I learned that money is hard to earn and if you have a family, almost impossible to keep.

I learned that honesty and love are the most important values a person can keep, and the most painful ones a person can lose.

I learned that God isn't just for christians - that God is truly universal - and only our stupid culturally-infected minds perceive God to be as bigoted and hateful as we humans are.

I learned that as I get older, I still feel like a teenager inside, only my hair, skin and arthritic bones tell a different story.

I learned that knowledge is like a stew - it becomes richer and stronger if allowed to simmer for a long time in the heat of thought and experience in the mind.

I learned to be thankful even for painful experiences because they taught me that which I formerly did not understand, so I thank the painful experiences for the time they spent teaching me something.

Answer 3

There's a couple I remember clearly:
Babies come from heaven, brought to mommies from storks.
When I turn 11 or so, I'll hemorrhage. (menustration).
All boys are disgusting. (idk if that's true or not, lol).
I can catch cooties from the opposite sex.
If you make faces, it'll get stuck that way.

Answer 4

that if you sat closer than 6 ft to a color tv, you'd go blind.