When I was six, I under the impression Egypt was a fictional place. Boy was I surprised when I was playing with a globe and found out that Egypt was real country.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- i used to think that my dad got my mom [mummy] from egypt.. when i was like 7— ...
- i used to think that housten was a real person and not a place, im 16 and i found this out yesterday......!lol— jess p
- I used to believe gibberish was a real language from a country from gibberland — Kelly Bulanek
- I thought Bonnie and Clyde were fictional characters.Anon
- I used to believe that Timbuctou wasn't a real place.— Leah
- I used to believe that albatrosses were a fictional species created for the Disney movie "The Rescuers"Anon