I used to believe that if it were raining where I was, then it was raining everywhere else in the world. The same goes for sunshine, snow, etc. I thought the entire world experienced the same weather at the same time.
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I used to believe that we were on top of the earth because we walked upright and the ground was under us. So I also equally believed that people on the “bottom” of the earth like Australia walked on space and the ground was on top of them like the sky was for us.
When I was little, I used to believe that Illinois (where I lived) was a country
I used to believe the reason my latina mother was so dark compared to me was because she drank coffee. Years later I learned it was because my father was white that I was so pale.
Probably why I like coffee so much now lol
When my dad was young,he used to believe that the lines on a globe were on the world itself.
I used to believe that everything in Japan was really dark and had a red tone. I'm not sure why, but I think maybe I saw a martial arts movie that had a dark setting or something.
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I used to believe that ATMs actually printed out the money fresh every time.
i thoguth that atm machines had little men and they take money from my piggy bank and give it to people when they say "BOO"! lolmy mom would allways say "boo" when the money came out.....thanks mommy! lol :P
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When I was a child I always thought Canada was apart of the US... not its own country!!
I used to believe black people were made of chocolate. My mom took me to the toy store to buy a doll and i desperately wanted the black cabbage patch kid... i cried and cried I WANT THE CHOCOLATE ONE!!!! She was so embarrassed!
I used to think that when you get change back at the store, they were actually giving you free money. So I never understood why when we couldnt afford something we couldnt just go buy something to get money
When I was 4 or 5 ish, I used to watch formula 1 with my two older brothers, and I used to chant 'they're going to the shops'
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I used to believe that heads of state had diferent kinds of heads on their shoulders
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I used to think the Salvation Army was a real army, and I never went with my mother to give donations because I was scared of the army men and their guns.
I thought that Washington, D.C. was in New York.
I thought Las Vegas was in Texas. Seemed like a good place for it.
I was a smart kid, so when I was thinking about the Olympics I noted that they were held in a different city every time. Given that the number of cities in the world is limited, I wondered how much would I have to wait until the Olympics were held in our small town.
When I first came to Europe,I met people who used to believe that Africa was a country inside India(don't know why they thought so).Some still do.
when I was small I used to believe that the name of the president of a country applied to every other country in the world.For instance I would think of a thing like: America's Bill Clinton,France's bill Clinton,Italy's Bill Clinton.
When I was small I used to believe ( and really had the fear ) that if I continued going I would fall off the edge of the earth.
then when I was growing up and learned that the earth was rotating on its axis and revolving in its orbit,I still harboured the fear that its axis and orbit might fail it and that the earth would plunge into an abysmal dive.I still have this fear , believe me!