When I found out that Alaska was part of the US, I was a little freaked out. I thought that it was part of the continental US, so like, there was this frozen ice area in the middle of warm climate of the rest of the states. I thought it was some sort of strange phenomenon.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Hawaii and Alaska were different countries. I wondered were the other 2 states where!— x-nicola-x
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- When i was little i thought that the soul was a physical part of your body that looked like shell pastaAnon
- For the longest time I thought Pig Latin was an actual language that they spoke in a part of Europe.Anon
- I used to think that the lines outlining each of the states found on a US map were really there.— Anna
- I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part— Darth Carrietta