My initials are REM, so I always thought the R.E.M. albums that my parents owned were connected to me somehow.
A childhood belief about pop stars

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the initials NYC stood for "nobody you're calling" Anon
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ
- I thought that the insurance company Aflac was owned by Ben AffleckAnon
- I thought Busch Gardens was a public garden owned by George W. Bush.Anon
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa
- I used to believe that the cows owned by my grandfather slept lying on the ground like a human at night.— Eric