When I was about 7 or 8, I started hearing people call JFK, "Jack," instead of, "John," like I'd always heard before. I knew he had a brother, but at the time I didn't know his name, so I just assumed that Jack was the brother. I think I even commented that it would have been funny if Jack had married Jackie. Little did I know...
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- "She's got the Jack" by ACDC was "She's got the Clap".— Cybela
- I thought Jack was a nickname for Jackery ( like Zack and Zachary).— Bootlebat
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- I used to belive that Jack Frost was a real man! and that he came and painted frost on the windows at night.— Tom
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa