Until very recently, I was convinced that Cleveland was in Denmark. I don't know why, I just sort of thought that the word "Cleveland", sounded Denmark-ish.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- up until recently I thought intern was just another word for a secretary (I'm 27 btw)— Axecutioner
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- Until recently I thought that Scotland was seperate from England. I am 27 Anon