I used to believe for far longer than I care to admit that Sinn Fein was an actual person and was amazed at how much influence he seemed to have. It was a long time efore I realised that it was a political party and the guy who I thought was Sinn Fein was in fact just Jerry Adams.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe "Pedestrians" was a political party like Democrats or Republicans.— August
- When I was little I used to believe that comedian Jerry Lewis and rocker Jerry Lee Lewis were the same person.— Paul
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- My sister thought (not more than one year ago, she is now 14) that John Doe was an actual person.— Brother to Natascha
- i used to belive anon was an actual person untill i clicked on it just a secon ago lol— lolz
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa