i used to believe that north meant up and south meant down. this resulted in the belief that oklahoma was actually really far above texas... like it was stacked. why else would you use planes?
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 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 all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- 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