What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?

Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 473 points –

I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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I believed until I was 8 or so that beans were a type of meat. When I learned the truth, I had an argument with my older brother with me saying something along the line, "You're gonna feel real dumb when Mom says I'm right."

I'll admit to thinking this too and being when I was a little bit older than 8, so you can feel better now.

I am going to say this is like 30% accurate. Mushroom are pretty much actually meat. Shellfish are actually the opposite they are plants made of meat.

I get what you are saying but you were on to something.

Shellfish are actually plants

what?

They are sesile and lack a complex nervous system. They are essentially plants

Do mushrooms have a complex nervous system?

I am not sure that we really know. Some might actually