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5 Things That Simply Are Not True
-Things I Used To Think Before
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I used to think we changed our names when we were adults so that we would have two in our lifetime: one for when we were children and one for when we grew up. Of course, this theory was quashed when I found out one of my neighbours who was an adult had the same name as me.
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You know some people use pins to secure their headscarves to keep them in place? Well, I thought those pins were poked into the head, the ends going straight to the brain. (Writing this now, I can’t quite believe that I thought this, haha.) When I was around 6, I asked a girl with a pin in her scarf who confirmed it was not in her brain. They just weave it into the fabric.
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Immortality. When I was very young, probably around 4 or so. I thought I would live forever. But unlike the usual immortal myth, when one ages into adulthood, I thought I would be that little toddler forever. I remember having a visual of my mum tucking me into bed on repeat. Then I found out we died when I was about 6 and used to wake in the middle of the night to run into my parent’s room because I didn’t want to die. (Though I believe we will live forever in the…
