I used to believe there were 52 states. I thought Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia were states.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- That the District of Columbia was an island in the Carribean. I believed this until I was about 19 yrs old. Anon
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- I used to believe that every nation in the world were states of U.S.A. . Sometimes I still do.Anon
- i used to think France was in the united states
— TY - I used to think that Los Angeles took up half the United StatesAnon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon