the world

I used to think that the little people used in population charts represented just one single person, and wondered how they could count every specific person living in every country.

I used to think the word barber was related to the word 'Berber', like Turks and North Africans being Semitic people, and Turkish guys being into male hairdressing.

I used to believe that Eskimos ate nothing but snow, ice, and anything else cold. I also thought that if they ate something warm, it would make them melt into a puddle.

I used to believe that Eskimos were literally immune to the cold, and that they had magic powers like the ability to freeze people or make it snow everywhere. I also thought the reason why they wore fur parkas and lots of layers was because they had to keep their powers secret, by pretending they were normal people who would die if they froze. When I was in 2nd grade, I got to meet an actual Eskimo and was so stunned and shocked. I was really, really, afraid to ask him about his magic powers, because he might get upset that I "blew his cover" and then use his powers to freeze me to death.

I Used To Believe Corporal Punishment Was Invented By Corporate Agents That They Used On Their Kids/Children, Pets, And Wives!

When I was a child, I used to believe that Catalonia was the unique part of land of the world.

I mixed up Egypt and China, thinking they were the same place at different times. I also threw in “Europe” as well, all as one country. Blame Sawgwa and Schoolhouse Rock.

I used to believe that the country then called Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) was a hydroelectric power station.

I used to not get how they could figure out the odds of winning the lottery ahead of time, as how could they know how many people would buy tickets? (this was before I knew about how combinatorics and the like worked.)

There's a building that my family would always drive by, but never actually visit, that said "Pool" on the front window.
As a child I didn't know any other meanings of a "pool" other than a swimming pool, so naturally, I thought it was a pool for people to swim in. Whenever we drove past it, I would ask my parents if we could go to the pool place. They always said no and told me that children weren't allowed in there. I was always confused as to why I wouldn't be allowed to swim in a pool until I was an adult. So for a long time, I assumed the reason why pool halls didn't allow children was because everyone had to go naked to swim in the pool.

I used to think that the initials NYC stood for "nobody you're calling"

When i was little, i thought the reason why people from New York sounded so funny because they had a cold stuck in their throat all the time.

when i was young i used to think japan and china were the same country

i used to think France was in the united states

When I was younger ,I used to confuse Spain and Alsace

I thought Clydesdale was a place dreamed up by a little boy named Clyde.