When I traveled to Slovenia I saw a sign on the right side of the road which said: Maribor-ZAHOD(west). But on Croatian "zahod" means toilet....I believed that it lead to toilet....not west....
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you jump in a toilet, they lead you to another dimension.— beep.
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie