When I was young, I used to believe that we lived "inside" the globe and what we on maps are actually what the clouds form in the sky. Then one day, mom told me we lived "on" earth. I was scared as hell, and avoided going out of my home at night because I feared I'd fall off the surface!
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that human lived inside the planet earth and not on its surface.— Giancarlo
- I used to believe that we lived inside the earth!— Natalie Howley
- I used to think that we lived in a gigantic snow globe.Anon
- The very first time I saw a globe (of Earth, yes) I asked where "College" was located.— Shade
- I used to believe we lived IN the earth rather than ON it.— AC
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon