Since the time I first heard of the fjords in Norway, I remember having two distinct misconceptions as to what a fjord is. My first was that a fjord was some kind of fruit -- totally wrong. Then later I had a notion that a fjord was some kind of festival -- equally wrong!
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- My sister thought a fruit machine (the gaming device) could turn one item of fruit into another.— Richard Davies
- When I was 4, I thought that if I ate Fruit Gushers, my head would turn into a fruit. — Joe
- I used to believe if you ate a seed from a fruit, a tree of that fruit would grow inside you — kels
- I used to believe that on your birthday everybody would worship you! (I guess I was wrong).— supergirl
- I used to think you could go to jail just by saying a word wrong during a speech.Anon
- I used to believe that teletubies where a kind of aliensAnon