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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

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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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[–] weLookAbove@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought the abbreviation for pounds (lbs) stood for "lullables."

I have no idea why.

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[–] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I used to think it was "limbels", no freaking idea where I picked it up either. I still use it in my own mind. "I can bench 200 limbels"

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