When I was in kindergarten our class learned the song Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer - and the line about him going down in history confused me, so I asked mum what HISTORY was. She told me it was all about old men and women and buildings. So for the longest time I imagined this giant hole (kind of like a swirling black hole) that sucked old people and buildings in - since Rudolph was going to go down into it.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...Anon
- i used to bielieve if you get hit
in the nose you will turn into
rudolph the rednose reindeer— kurt santana - I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- i used to believe that scaffolding was used to support buildings when they were having work on them.Anon
- I used to think 'To Let' on disused office buildings meant they were big toilets.— Tracey
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie