When I was younger I thought that the Cold War was named "cold war" because of how cold it was in the Soviet Union compared to the United States. Anytime anyone talked about the Cold War, I would picture a bunch of soldiers and tanks in the middle of a gigantic blizzard.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- Ever since I was 8, i never ate chili because i thought it ws cold.— James
- Until I was about eight I thought that there had been actual fighting during the Cold War.— Miss Taken
- I thought cold sores, were really called cole slaw!!— kathryn
- i was scared to fart outside in cold weather because i thought u would be able to see the steam.— xJeNneSceNcEx
- I thought that cold was an actual, positive force and not just the absence of heat— terberous
- that coleslaw was cold slaw. Anon