I used to read Highlights magizine and there would be drawing contests. There was a section for the winners and a section for the honorable mentions. For the longest time I thought this said horrible mention and felt embarassed for the kids with the horrible drawings.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
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- I thought that "heck" was a less horrible version of hell for people who were only KIND OF evil.— Oizys
- i used to believe that the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon
- For the longest time I was sure my cat could read my mind.Anon
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- For the longest time I thought 90210 was a sitcom Anon