I was told that if you dug a hole deep enough (from the US), that you'd end up in China. I wondered what kids were told in other places, like maybe Africa, but as I've asked people from all over, it seems that they never really thought about it.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to dig a super deep hole thinking it
would transport me to the galaxy — Rafaella - When i was little for some reason i thought that all people from china knew karate.....yeah.— sneakydean
- When I was younger, I used to think people in China walked upside down.— Max
- I once asked my mum when she was a little boy, and I wondered when it was my turn too.— Confused
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon
- Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.— Savannah