For the longest time, I used to believe Russia and Germany were the same country. I would often get them confused when watching a WW2 film or a James Bond movie. The both talked with funny accents and seemed evil.
Blame the media.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that James Bond and all the other secret agents worked for MFI.— John C
- I used to believe the tv serie "Doctor Who" was a spin off from James Bond... (until I saw an episode)Anon
- I used to believe Germany was in Asia somewhere near Russia.— It's in Europe!
- I used to beleive that in order to rewind a film the actors would have to re-act the whole movie backwards. — movies backward
- As a kid I thought dogs stupid but funny and that cats were evil demons. — Gemini
- I used to believe that an animated film meant that the film had live animals in it.— reverb