I used to think that the huge clock tower of the local university was the London Tower with the Big Ben! I used to believe this until I was like 8 or 9. My mother enlightened me when I asked how could we see Big Ben from the other side of the Atlantic!
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- i used to think the water tower was filled with milk— jen
- I used to believe that Jesus lived in the tower of the churchAnon
- i used to believe that humpty dumpty lived in our towns water towerAnon
- When I was a kid I always thought that a water tower was the robot from the TV show "Lost in Space".— sherryj
- I used to wonder why they didn't fix the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. Weren't they embarrassed that it was crooked?— Bootlebat
- I used to believe the large metal structure in Paris, France, I thought it was the "Eye Full Tower"— Janet