When I was little in the 70's the issue of Quebec Separatism was big in the news. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how all those french people were going to physically separate their province from the rest of canada. Then I figured they were probably all just going to move to France. Much easier!
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that french kiss was something coming from France, and that only the French did it— Sasha
- I thought french fries were really invented in France (they are Belgian for those who don't know)— Quarm
- I thought the "physically fit" lines in the song "I Like to Move It" were "fizzy coloured feet".Anon
- I used to believe that people only grew, physically and in age, on their birthday. — Aretia
- when I was 6, I believed I had to go to school for the rest of my life— Cody Jarosinski
- I used to belive that if you didn't keep a promise you would have bad luck for the rest of your life— Rebbecca