My mom was born in California and had never seen or heard a woodpecker. When she moved to the northeast and heard one for the first time, she asked my dad where there was construction going on so close to our house.
...he corrected her.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- Backstreet Boys - I want it that way? I heard "I was born on a tidal wave— gembop
- when i was younger i thought that when you moved house your house moved with you!!— chrissy
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon