Extremely Weird Things People Did as Kids

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Eric Lund
Jul 6, 2020 4:00 PM EDT

You don't need to be an adult for long to realize that kids are extremely dumb and weird. It makes you go back and think about all the weird junk you must have done as a kid. Maybe you had an irrational fear of cardboard boxes or thought dirt tasted good. In the opposite direction, here's a story of a five-year-old who's way too smart for her own good.

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    Text - Pearlhuntress 1.3k points · 1 day ago I used to steal things from my sister when she was mean to me, and then hide them by sewing them into her stuffed animals... She found out a few months ago and was really freaked out
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    Text - IrrationallyCalm 43.4k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago 回22 S When I was around 8 years old, I liked the way clean towels tasted. Something I really enjoyed was putting a towel over a straw, and drinking kool-aid through it. My mother wasn't a fan of having white towels covered with red spots, so she put a stop to it pretty quick.
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    Text - WilliamsD93 35.1k points · 1 day ago Found a cat skull buried in the garden, pulled the teeth out and put them under my pillow for what i thought would be easy money
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    Text - 2 3 2 O noodhoog 33.0k points · 1 day ago When I was a kid, in the 80's, I had very strict teachers. Any form of back-talking or, god forbid, swearing, would get you a quick slap and a fast march to the head teacher's office to explain yourself. My teacher once sat me down for "A talk", as happened fairly often, which was basically her just berating me. In the middle of this she suddenly stopped and told me I needed to keep my eyes under control, because I had this terrible nervous habit
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    Text - WilliamHarry 30.7k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago I used to have "science experiments" in the bathroom sink. Meaning, I'd go the bathroom and lock the door. Once in I'd make sure the sink drain was shut and then proceed to add every cleaner/ chemical/ shampoo etc under the sink to the sink in hopes of a reaction. Never got one, but it also never stopped me from trying. In hindsight I probably could have killed myself if I had mixed the wrong stuff. I obviously didn't.
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    Text - catelldm 27.0k points · 1 day ago · edited 22 hours ago I would add several drops of Tabasco to my unsweetened iced tea. I called it Asian tea despite knowing Tabasco and Lipton were in no way Asian. I also didn't like it very much but made myself drink it so that I could understand the Asian community better. Asian friends I have now are still baffled at the connection I tried to make.
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    Text - LargeTubOfLard 24.5k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago O 9 3 92 S When I was around 5, I would basically act like a train and follow the lines on the playground whilst also using my hands as those little rail things on the wheels (Coupling rods), I would also look directly up when it was cold and use my mouth as a chimney. Honestly it must have looked like I was insane.
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    Text - KtMoonRise 23.8k points · 1 day ago I used to eat mechanical pencil lead. No idea how I got into that habit, but I think I enjoyed the crunchiness of it. Did it for a little while, but showed a classmate and she immediately went to the teacher who then called my mom who scolded me and told me to stop. Goodbye 0.7 mm, you will be missed.
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    Text - AutisticArmadillo 22.0k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago I used to eat tissues as a kid. My mum found out one day and yelled at me to stop, (as any sane parent would do) so I started eating them in secret. Sneaking away with a tissue box to another room to eat a tissue or two. Until one day when I was about 5 years old I had to go to the hospital. I had no idea what was going on all I knew was that I had trouble breathing through my nose. Before my operation I was in the hospital and
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    Text - fizzy_eyes 21.4k points · 1 day ago 3 Blink at things because I thought it would help with my memory. I would imagine my eyes were like cameras and each blink was a shutter click.
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    Text - halfbornshadows 19.1k points · 1 day ago - edited 20 hours ago For much of second grade, for some reason, my parents let me pack my own lunch. I had two sandwiches of choice- one was what I called a triple butter sandwich: peanut butter, apple butter, and butter. A little strange, but okay. The other was a lettuce sandwich. White bread, mayo, and a few leaves of iceburg lettuce. I have no idea how they let me eat that for most of a full school year.
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    Text - bunyip94 2.1k points · 1 day ago In 2003 for roll call I always replied with a different star wars quote, made it my mission to never repeat a line
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    Text - eightbitpixie 18.1k points · 1 day ago Running any lollipop or sucker I ate under the faucet water after every lick because somehow it tasted better after being rinsed lol
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    Text - Duke_Zymurgy 1.9k points · 1 day ago I collected farts in a gallon jug.
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    Text - Arancio 17.9k points · 1 day ago I used to keep the last piece of food I was eating in my mouth even for a hour. For example, if I was eating pizza, the last piece of the last slice would remain in my mouth while I went playing and running around. I stopped at the age of 9, when I almost died of asphyxiation
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    Text - Qizot 17.0k points · 1 day ago Saying some gibberish all the time and thinking that it is probably meaningful in some languages. I felt smart as hell
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    Text - Doschupacabras 11.2k points · 1 day ago I used to make random noise and word combinations and get into really weird contorted poses to be "the only one to ever do this."
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    Text - HairyWolverine 16.8k points · 1 day ago I didnt know that people could see my eyes move and used to have my head in one direction and look with my eyes somewhere else. it wasent before a girl saw me looking at her and said « what are YOU looking att» i figured that out. I Was 7 or 8 years old and my mind was blown ,my eyes move???
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    Text - _StaffordBeats 16.0k points · 1 day ago - edited 22 hours ago Every time I ever turned a full circle for any reason I would always turn a full circle the other way as well to make sure that it was "balanced" because I didn't want to turn one way more than the other
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    Text - camilleli 14.0k points · 1 day ago · edited 14 hours ago I used to run a "purified dust" cartel. My school had a sandbox area with eucalyptus trees, and I'd assign workers to throw sand over the trees so that the larger pieces would get filtered out by the bark. The remaining powder was labeled "purified dust." Surprisingly, a huge number of kids were interested in buying our purified dust. Our currency was plastic BB gun pellets, and a pinch of dust was worth 5 pink pellets. Different co
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    Text - ChaosCrys3707 11.9k points · 1 day ago Bury roadkill, random bones I'd find, fish scales, ect. It just seemed more respectful then letting them... sit there. Especially after it got to the point that buzzards and vultures wouldnt even eat it
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    Text - DiligentPride2 10.5k points · 1 day ago I ate cupcake wrappers after finishing the cupcakes. Like I would just suck on it (the paper ones) and chew until there was zero flavour, then spit it out.
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    Text - Outlandish_Autism 8.1k points · 1 day ago Had an imaginary friend that I would make bets with, that I was guaranteed to win. The prize being ludicrous amounts of imaginary money. "Hey Joe, I bet you 1 figillion septriligon dollars I can hold my breath for 3 seconds" God I was rich back then...
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    Text - spacelordmthrfkr 7.4k points · 1 day ago Not me, but my partner used to keep Kiwis (the fruits) as pets. He would name them and take care of them..until his mom took them to blend into a smoothie. That was a rude awakening for him.
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    Text - RubeGoldbergCode 5.8k points · 1 day ago I would wash things made of rubber, like the kind of rubber that already feels slightly tacky, then pat it dry with a really fluffy towel so the rubber would get kind of fuzzy from the towel fluff, then I would just touch it until the fuzz wore off. Turns out I was just autistic and no one had figured it out yet. I still have a thing about textures but in a much less weird way.
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    Text - goodworkingorder 5.7k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago When I was around 4-5 years old I remember I used to sneak downstairs very early in the morning and search for any cups with that ½" of cold sweet sugary coffee in, and drink them before anyone got up. Guess I may have been the youngest caffeine addict in Britain.
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    Text - DFParker78 5.1k points · 1 day ago · edited 14 hours ago I mixed ketchup and mustard together and called it my secret sauce. I used it as a dip for Fritos. I was convinced I'd make millions off it.
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    Text - fongletto 4.7k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago I loved the way the air that comes out the back of vacuum's smelt. I used to follow the vacuum cleaner around while my mum was cleaning with my face against the vent. I would turn it on when other people were not around and smell it.
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    Text - tidymaniac 4.2k points · 1 day ago Found out that the air had germs in it and tried not to breathe too much.
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    Text - rock-hound 3.9k points · 1 day ago · edited 18 hours ago I used to pinch my eyelids ever so gently, vertically and pull them away from my eye, just to let then snap back so I could feel the air bubbles popping against my eyes.
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    Text - Molinarok 2.6k points · 1 day ago Purple was my favorite color but I didn't like the word so I called it murdalop.
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    Text - syncmaster70 2.3k points · 1 day ago I use to eat ants, I didn't even like the taste, and I kept doing it
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