I used to believe that the Boston Tea Party took place in the Great Lakes.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I believed they put heated coils in lakes for the ducks to swim in the wintertime.Anon
- When I was little, I thought the Indian princess on the Land-O-Lakes butter label was God or Jesus.— Butterflyzz
- I heard the song about Heaven being a place where nothing ever happened and thought, "What a boring place."Anon
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley
- I used to believe "Pedestrians" was a political party like Democrats or Republicans.— August
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen