When I was a kid I used to think that people who lived south of the equator had their own globes and maps of the world upside down to our with "south" pointing "up" and "north" pointing "down". No one ever told me that, I just assumed that was just the way it had to be..
A childhood belief about places

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 used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- Street signs with the upward pointing arrow was for airplanes. — Tammy
- i used to believe that all of south america was mexico— katie
- i used to believe that hawaii was located right south of florida. hey, they both have great weather!— ashley