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19 Strangest Things People Believed When They Were Little

11.

My cousin told me the world will end on Dec 31, 2000. I believed him. I cried myself to sleep almost every night leading up to that uneventful night.

12.

I believed it was only illegal to run a pedestrian over while they were in the crosswalk but everywhere else was fair game.

13.

When I was 5 I used to watch kung fu movies with my older brother. My family took a trip to Chinatown one day and I was scared to go because I thought kung fu fights break out on every corner there and we weren’t bringing any weapons with us.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.