I used to believe that, rather than time zones, the time just changed gradually. So if it was 5:00 where you were, it might be 5:15 50km away.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that every country in the world had the same time. Guess I didn't consider time zones eh?— what are time zones again
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- When i was a tiny lad, I used to think drug free zones were places where you can get drugs for free— Spencer
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- As a kid every time I heard a person say "it's about time" I always replied "so what about it?"— Eli the Kid