For years when I was younger I used to think the world used to be Black and White - cos my dad used to watch black and white films all the time! Only when my parents explained to me that it was simply the film that whole idea collapsed and I realised how silly it was!
A childhood belief about history
you weren't the only one
564 of you believed this
- After I saw the Wizard of Oz, I was under the impression Kansas was black and white.Anon
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- after watching "the wizard of oz" i thought kansas was black and white and the rest of the world was color!— kelly
- I use to think polka dot was a color.Anon
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- I used to believe that my grandparents' world was in black and white.— Sara Serés