I used to think there were two Canadas and two Russias because on the map it shows Canada and Russia twice because they couldn't fit it all in one place on the map.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe Germany was in Asia somewhere near Russia.— It's in Europe!
- 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
- When I was a child I always thought Canada was apart of the US... not its own country!! — clueless youngster
- Living near Canada's border without cable, I didn't know I was American. — Romania
- The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby