I thought you could buy a car with $100. I saw an ad for a car for about $100 per month. I did not understand financing and thought that you only had to pay about $100. When a family member actually bought a vehicle, the salesman said how much it cost and I realized that I was wrong.
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I used to think that if the president (and maybe police officers as well; I don't remember) told anyone to do something, they were required by law to do it.
I used to think a good way to solve the worlds problems was to have a massive soccer game that would settle the issue once and for all.
I thought that Loch Ness was actually Loch Nest because it was like the monster's nest
I used to believe Las Vegas is the capital city of Alaska since they sound alike. To make things worse, my officemate started to think the same way right after I told him my misconception.
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As a child I used to believe that the objective in boxing was to hit the other person's gloves; while forcefully exhaling.
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When my mother complained about bills I would tell her to just put them in the bin, thinking that would be them gone.
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I used to think that the driving range at a golf course was a track for racing golf carts to keep the non-golfers amused.
One day when I was a child I saw my brothers playing football. When I asked to join them they said no, saying I needed the skill. I quickly ran inside and said to my mum: ''MAMMY MAMMY!! We need to go to the shop now!! I have to buy the skill!!!!.'' I spent another year after that looking for toy stores that sold the skill.
When I was a child, I believed Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota was actually New York city. I thought anytime my mom or dad took me there, we were going to New York.
I used to believe that if you went to the bottom of the world (Antartica) you would be upside down,and eventually fall off.
I thought that all US state borders were rivers because my hometown was near a river that served as the border between my state and another. I never considered that perfectly straight rivers don't exist in nature.
I used to believe that 'bankruptcy" meant that you were actually going to rob a bank
I used to believe that the checks my mom would write were money that she could have and it was an endless supply and that if I could get my hand on a checkbook I would have all the money I wanted
When I was young, I used to believe that every week my dad would go to the bank drive-thru on his forklift, and drop off a pile of money. Then mom would go through with us, and take it all out.
I used to believe the whole world before 1960 was all in black & white, because old television shows were never in color.
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Everyday after work, my dad would come home and empty the change from his pockets onto the dining room table. I thought this was his wages for the day.
I was taught in second grade that the earth was flat at the poles. Second grade to Fifth grade i believed that we lived near the poles, because i couldn't see the ground curving.
When my parents took my brother and me to St. Louis, I thought people there spoke a different language.
(I grew up in Indiana.)
After my first trip on a subway, I thought that there were two levels of the Earth and that half of the world's population had to live underground. I used to feel sorry for them because they weren't able to see the sky.