I read in the Pippi Longstocking books that people in China walked on their hands all the time, and I believed that for years.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I used to think people in China walked upside down.— Max
- I used to believe that in China, instead of Adam and Eve eating an apple? They believed it was a banana.— smartygirl
- When i was little for some reason i thought that all people from china knew karate.....yeah.— sneakydean
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- I believed dinosaurs made the mountains whenever they walked the earth.— Tammy
- I used to think Jaywalkers were people who walked briskly whilst swinging their arms.. whoops!— Lisa