When I was a kid I thought that Germany must be a place of many germs, that being how it got its name (germ + many).
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- That germs came from Germany.— Alicia
- When i was younger i thought germs and bacteria were the same size as me— Tasha
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon
- I used to think that germans had germs on them and that's why they were called that— Jessica
- I used to believe Germany was in Asia somewhere near Russia.— It's in Europe!