We didn't have trains where I grew up. I got a train set and it had a circular track. I wondered how anybody got anywhere if trains only went round in a circle. Then I discovered the world was round. Obvious wasn't it!
A childhood belief about trains

others believed things like this
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- I used to think underground trains actually descended into the tunnel, like a rollercoaster.— Natasha
- My mom would tell me to stay off the railroad tracks because the trains were silent and super fast.— Roger
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- I used to believe my dad was the best male figure in the world and wondered why he wasn't president already.— Ivy :)
- I believed my dad when he said that he could see round corners. — Charisma