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I used to think that my home town of Eureka was MY Rika since I thought everyone said YOUR Rika.

I still wonder who Rika is

I used to think that the name of the state of Illinois was pronounced "In-louis". It really sucked when we learned the states in 3rd or 4th grade, and I was so proud I knew what the state of "In-louis" was called!

Kelsey

Once when I was little, we took a road trip to Ohio (the next state over). I kept asking "Are we there yet?" She told me I would know when we were there, because the grass would be purple. I was VERY disapointed when we got there...

Jessica

Up until the age of 6, I thought that Los angeles was the contient of north America and i thought California was the exact city I lived in.

paste213

My husband told me that when he was 2-3, and he was living with his grandmother in this small town in Arkansas, he used to read the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and he really believed that all white people lived in New York, because he never saw any white people where he lived.

S.D.

I used to have no idea where we went when we flew to california. Since we flew upwards, I thought it was reasonable that california and other places were on other levels of the earth. Whenever i looked up I would wave because I thought that maybe if my cousins or grandparents were looking down then myabe they could see us. I also wondered how you could get to places that were on levels below you. I was therefore very surprised to find out that you could actually go in a car to california.

laura

When I was a very young child, living in Long Beach, CA, I believed Santa Ana winds came from the city of Santa Ana (in the next county to the South). Why else would the winds be named that?

um... just me

My sister used to tell me that Victorian houses were shiped from Victoria after they were built.

Anon

I used to believe that we all lived inside the Earth and not on the surface... for whatever reason.

Derek

if anyone has seen the movie "dumb and dumber" they say that aspen is in california. well i saw the movie when i was like 7 so from then on i thought aspen was in california instead of colorado

Edgar

when i was lil i thought that all the world was joined 2 gether apart from wales and i went 2 spain once i thought that was in england
well i thought all the countrys was in england
how dumb am i
lol

XxlilmonkeyxX

For whatever reason, I used the think that the Washington Monument was called the "Money Building..." Money, Monument, same thing, right? Well I used to think that was where all the money was made and was so confused about how so much money could come out of a building so thin!

Stacey J

Other countries were in the sky as everybody went there by plane.

Anon

I used to believe that Australia was a series of concentric circles, with prairie in the middle where kangaroos lived, then a band of jungle for all the creepy crawlies and snakes. There was then a ten feet high brick wall to seperate it from the road, and on the other side of the road were the houses.

Adam

I used to believe that no one lived in Anarctica not because it was cold but because it was at the bottem of the world, so you would fall off the earth into outer space if you went there.

Sejelly

I always believed that the White House was in Pennsylvania, because it sits on Pennsylvania Avenue. I didn't learn until recently (at an emberassing age I won't mention) that the capitol is in Maryland.

Heather

We lived in Texas, and my Mom was from PEI, Canada. When people would ask, "Why don't you drive to Prince Edward Island, instead of flying? My father would reply you HAVE to fly up to the Island.

I thought the adults were incredibly stupid because Canada was obviously the roof of the United States and you flew up like taking an elevator.

What my Dad really meant was he wasn't going to wait hours even days to take the ferry across to the Island. Not to mention Sis and I nearly killed each other in the car on trips from Houston to Kerrville. Even after the Confederation Bridge, Dad had no desire to drive from Texas to PEI.

Kimberly

I used to believe that Brazil was where RUSSIA is supposed to be!

Ciarlene

That Mexico and Canada were part of the US.

LongLiveRock

I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"

fiona