As a kid, I learned of the city of Birmingham (the one in Alabama), and thought it was named for someone overcooking ham (I thought it was Burningham).
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- I used to think that Albania and Alabama were the same place.— Not me
- i thought that if water towers fell the city would flood. So everynight i would stay up worrying.— o.O haku
- I thought that the song "Built this City" by starship went as follows. "Milk and Cereal, Rock and Roll"Anon
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon