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I used to believe that "South America" was referring to the southern US states. Once, in class, we were asked to name some countries in South America. I raised my hand and said "That's easy! There's Florida, Georgia, Texas..."
I was mortified when the teacher corrected me.

A Canadian

My parents are from China, but my sister and I were born in the United States. Whenever my parents talked about wanting to take us to China for vacation, I'd be TERRIFIED because I had heard about their one child policy (to reduce the population growth rate), and I thought they would kill me for being the younger daughter!

Samantha from California

When I was a kid, I used to think, to get on the George Washington Bridge, you had to drive up the support cables that span the top of the bridge instead of driving on the flat pavement.

Joanne

There are a couple of islands off the coast by the beach where my family vacationed in Maine. I assumed they were England for many years.
My brother came to the same conclusion independently, and at one point informed us that Lake Michigan was bigger than the Atlantic Ocean, since you could see the other side of the Atlantic Ocean!

Wisconsin girl

I used to belive that Mississippi was a person. Mrs. Sippi.

Dunno

when i was little i vividly remember long arguments with my dad. I used to think that if you walked from shore to shore to shore and kept on going you could walk your way around the world.I cant belive i used to belive that

jenny

When I first went on the baltimore beltway, my father told me that the beltway went all around the city. I thought that he was refering to the grass area inbetween the inner loop and outer loop. I was conviced that that was baltimore. Which confused me a little since we lived in baltimore.

Joy

I live in Washington D.C. One time my mother had to go to Boston for a business trip. Because I was 5, I thought that was somewhere near Wyoming. I asked her if they all wore cowboy hats in Boston.

K. B.

I believed that Lap-Land was actually a place where all lap dancers were, and i couldn't understand why fathers took their son's there i thought it was a bit sick! lol

Kirsty

I sincerely believed that Mexico and Texaco were two states next to each other somewhere "down south".
After seeing an atlas of the US in my granddad's car, I spent my car trips with my nose pressed against the window, desperately watching to see the enormous "IOWA" that must have been painted on someone's field. I could never fully explain to anyone what I meant when I asked them if they'd seen "the BIG IOWA" yet.
Amazingly enough, I am allowed to mingle in the general population.

Tiff-tiff the terrible

I used to believe that California was it's own country, aka "America". When we took a family vacation at Thanksgiving to visit my grandparents in Alaska, I kept asking my parents how many days until we returned to America. They kept telling me that we were, in fact, still in America but just in another state. I still didn't quite get it, but, I kept my mouth shut because I was afraid they were going to get even more upset by my questions.

Angela

When I was a child in Chicago I believed the Queen lived in Buckingham Fountain.

Anon

When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade I always thought that there was another side of the world beside the one that we say on a flat map; like you had to turn in around to see the other side.

Jess

wen i was little i use to think that random was a place because on tv the presenters always use to say "the winners will be picked at random" and i always use to think those random bastads win everything!!!

Amy

When I was a child, I used to believe that you could dig your way to China, and in China, everything was exactly as it was here only upside down, and exactly the same time of day only night (12 hour time difference). I also believed that there was a person there exactly like a person here, only chinese!

Amelia

I used to think people in China went to American restaurants there and asked for forks to try them, as we did with chinese food and chopsticks.

Leslie

i used to think belgium was a myth.

Anon

When I was about 7 years old, we moved to Wyoming (usa) and there was a business located near my fathers work called Tokyo Massage. I misread it and thought it said Tokyo Message, and I assumed it was for everyone in Wyoming who was wanting to talk to their friends or loved ones in Tokyo. Later, in Middle school, someone told me that I should work there, and I said something along the lines of "so, I would be good at sending messages" It wasnt until that day that I made the connection, what a loser!

Tokyo dork