I used to believe that a strip mall was a mall with people who stripped down naked. This stemmed from a TV show in which a person didn't want to work in one. I thought "duh,who would want to work in a place with naked people?"
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to think that a strip mall was where you shop naked.— WD
- I use to believe that a stripmall was a place where people could shop nakedAnon
- I used to believe jaywalking meant walking around naked in public (from naked as a JAY bird...)— Izzi
- i told my mother that sex was when two people get naked and tell ghost stories.— linds
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I used to believe nude furniture was ,furniture with pictures of naked people on them.— Bethany Mote