I used to believe that in Texas and California and Idaho they still had slavery, becuase my 1st grade teacher had told us that slavery didn't exist anymore, except fro in some "very far away places." Those were the farthest-away places I could think of then. So funny!
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought
body shops were places to
work out.— ginny - When I was little, I believed that banks were places where anyone could go in and take some money for free. Anon
- Airplanes got places faster because it was actually a shorter distance up there.Anon
- if you drink water from unsafe places, frogs will grow in your stomach...— Olivier
- When i was a tiny lad, I used to think drug free zones were places where you can get drugs for free— Spencer
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea