I remember my Grandpa talking about the Cold War - and I always thought that it was a war at the south pole because that was the coldest place I knew of.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica
- I once believed that one could run around the south pole in order to travel backwards and forwards in time.— kaibutsu
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright - That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark