When I first heard of the "sacking" of Rome, I thought it meant somebody tore down everything in Rome and carried it away in sacks.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- i used to think that if i tore a dollar bill in half it would make fifty cents— stacy
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- i use to believe....that cement trucks carried balloons to the Bozo circus....lol— Laura
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy