the world

I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-land

I thought all of the places mentioned in Bible stories were lost cities that had been abandoned or destroyed a long time ago and nowadays we were not sure of their exact locations, like Troy before its rediscovery. (Except Rome, I guess, I knew there was still a Rome.)

And yes, this is true of some ancient cities, but people still live in Jericho, Bethlehem, etc. and they have for thousands of years, so it’s not a mystery where they are.

I thought the big apple was literally a giant apple in New York

I thought Albania was the state of Alabama

When I was little I believed that only Spain existed

I used to think Greenland was called “Groenland”

I used to believe that Mexico was the capital of Spain

When I was young , I used to believe that all there was only one continent on Earth

When I was young i used to think the Jura mountains were in Africa and Norway was a region in France.

When I was young, I used to think you could just take money from trees over and over again and it’d make you rich

In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwards

I used to believe that "the government" was a single person who made all the rules - and that person also worked as a school teacher. For a while, I wondered how a school teacher could be in charge of hospitals, the police, and all public schools. Then one day, I was told "the government" was on TV, so I excitedly looked - but instead of one person, I saw a crowd of people. That was when I was finally told: the crowd was "the government".

I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.

I used to believe that WB Mason was a former president of the United States

When I was a child I used to believe Cancún was the only place in Quintana Roo

As a kid I didn't know about political views, so I thought that in elections people just voted for whoever they liked more as a person. I remember seeing polical comedy featuring him on TV and thinking "George Bush is pretty funny, I hope he wins again!"