When I was little, I remember being told that birds fly south for the winter. Up until about 3rd grade I thought they flew ALL THE WAY south- to Antarctica. I wondered why they've leave Indiana in the fall to go somewhere even colder.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that all of south america was mexico— katie
- i used to believe that hawaii was located right south of florida. hey, they both have great weather!— ashley
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I used to believe that clouds were made from a factory chimney that was south of my home town. — bynbyn
- I once believed that one could run around the south pole in order to travel backwards and forwards in time.— kaibutsu
- I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica