In Canada we have signs that read:
Max Clearance - 6'10" (or with other various measurements for truck heights on them) and I used to believe that we had a really tall guy, named Max Clearance in our fair city of Halifax!!!
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I thought Kaa's name from The Jungle Book was spelled "Car" and that he had a brother named Truck.Anon
- I wanted to grow up and be a truck. Not a truck driver, a truck. Anon
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I used to beleive that the moon was where the local fair was.— tah
- I used to believe that The Mall Of America was in Canada. — Adam
- I used to believe that Canada was a territory of the U.S. and was one big forest.Anon