When I was a kid, another kid told me that the U.S. Civil War was fought over the question of whether "hell" and "damn" should be considered "dirty words". I believed that for what must have been several years.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- sophie b. hawkins. Damn I wish I was your lover. I heard Damn I wish I was your motherAnon
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- Anytime you had a question (any question at all) you just called the president.— Erin
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- I thought the Civil War was the Silver War.— Vicki J.