I used to believe that everything in the world was black and white, and that color, in general, was not invented until recently.

Anon

I used to think that there were no bombs or casualties in England in World War One!

History person

My Dad watched documentaries about WWI and WWII when I was a kid. The footage was all in black and white, and I thought that the whole world did not exist in color up to a later point.

Also, I once thought that people in photographs were somehow frozen there and continually holding their breath.

Anon

Me too,I'm from Africa and until I actually understood what "guerilla warfare" was,I was terrified to go out in the forest for fear of gorillas falling on me like I hear on TV and radio.

epimeno01

My younger brother just three seconds ago asked me what A.D. means. He thought it meant after democracy!!! i about died laughing and told him it meant Anno Domani. He claims our mom told him that but I'm not so sure...

C

when i was a kid i would look at my moms old pictures that where black and white so i thought the whole world was black and white.

Hayden

I used to think the "Cold War" was a war where countries tried to freeze each other to win the war.

Anon

When I was a kid I thought that when my parents were kids, the world was black and white and had no color...

KKM

I used to think that the Battle of Hastings took place in France, and that Hastings was the English name for the actual battleground!

Rama