When I was in third grade, we read about Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. From then on, I was worried that the USA was going to nuke Canada, where I live.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- The phrase 'Recycled toilet paper' always worried me.Anon
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- Until I tried it in 3rd grade, my parents told me that if I ate paper my poop would come out in packages.— The Mailman
- I thought to count to one thousand you did 1-100, then 100-199, then came 1,000.— Anon!
- I used to believe that The Mall Of America was in Canada. — Adam
- I used to believe that Canada was a territory of the U.S. and was one big forest.Anon