# Weird things you believed as a kid

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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> Fundamentally misunderstanding visual perception. Adults’ belief in visual emissions

This is not the same misconception, but remember the mini-scandal of Trump apparently signing a blank sheet of paper when he was sick? Somebody claimed it was _completely_ faked because you could see a reflection of his hand in the polished table apparently under the paper.

> [@Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/763):
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> Oh dear. Susan doesn’t understand how reflections work.

> <https://twitter.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1312609488474521600>

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