When I was a kid - about six or seven years old - I didn't think that midnight was a time of day. I thought it meant that it was late at night - not just late at night, but it had to be stormy to be midnight!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think "A.M." and "P.M." meant "After Midnight" and "Post Midday".Anon
- I thought there was no midnight in military time; instead, it’d be 24:00.— Enrico
- when i was little i asked what time midnight mass started.
i honestly had no idea.— what time?? - I used to to believe that all adults went to bed at midnight.Anon
- I used to belive all grown ups went to bed at midnight.Anon
- I used to believe that all Street-Lamps were turned off at Midnight.Anon