I used to believe that maps were made by placing a pencil tip on a piece of paper while sitting in the backseat of a car, and letting the bumps dictate the outline of the land.
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- As a kid I used to believe that when you sharpened your pencil, the eraser on the pencil grew.Anon
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - i used to believe that if you lie you really will get lie bumps.Anon
- I was convinced that paper could only be made out of Birch trees (because they had white bark).Anon
- I used to believe that the maps for the United States and Texas were identical.— JTexas