I used to believe the Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a literal car crashing into a bank.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I used to believe the bank "scottish widows" was run by widows, and only gave bank accounts to widows.— Angelmouse
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all
- I used to think that if you didn't put on your seatbelt, you WOULD crash.— Mer
- That if you didn't have your seat belt buckled up when the car was in motion, it would crash.— Dave Smith
- I used to believe that 'bankruptcy" meant that you were actually going to rob a bank — Mindy