I live in Oklahoma, and I used to believe that Kansas or anything else that was above (north) Oklahoma on a map was wayyyy way far up in the sky. It took awhile for me to get that north wasnt straight up.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I thought Oklahoma was named after my Uncle Homer. (Pre-Simpsons)Anon
- I thought Oklahoma was a place in Japan (due to it weird name :P), and Japan gave it to USA later.— Luiz Alfonso
- The front of the car was always NORTH.Anon
- When I was little, I used to think that whatever direction I was facing was north.Anon
- i used to believe that if you were driving forwards you were going north. — Pixie