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I knew that gravity would allow people to walk around in the southern hemisphere and not fall off the world, but I always imagined that their hair would stick straight out, as though the people were dolls with their feet glued to a globe.

marianne

When I about 5 years old, my Grandmother went away on a trip. When I asked where she was going, I was told: "Buffalo". I cried for days afterwards, afraid for her safety. In my mind, Buffalo (NY) was a huge open space full of big, mean Buffalos. Eventually, my mother figured out why I was so upset, and set me straight.

Corina

I used to believe the whole world before 1960 was all in black & white, because old television shows were never in color.

Rodegr

I thought Deutschland and the Netherlands were the same place.

Emily

As a little girl I used to think that the world was magical.

Anon

I used to believe that the president lived in Washington state and that he commuted to Washington D.C. for work. (because everyone always said "The president lives in Washington". I thought this was stupid and he should just live in D.C.

Patty, NY

I have lived in WAY northern Ca for most of my life, and whenever I would see a car with a sticker on it that had the letters OB and a small flying bird..I used to tell my friends that it meant they were an OB/GYN, and would usually comment on the type of car they had, like if it was a junky one, WOW! what a horrible car for a doctor to have! It wasnt until I moved to San Diego County, and drove through Ocean Beach that i saw that same symbol..and realized what an idiot I was! (BTW, I was 28, when I moved to SD)

Ericka

I live in Norway and when i was younger
i thougt that Africa were on the other side of Trondheims-sea ,

martine from norway.....14

I used to believe that you had to get dressed up to go to a casino in Las Vegas.

clevelandphil

When I was younger my grndad used to take me to villages outside canterbury on sundays after tea for an ice cream and a bottle of stella. He would tell me that we had left England and had gone to russia...I believed it...maybe I was drunk????

Steve Dobson

Until very recently, I was convinced that Cleveland was in Denmark. I don't know why, I just sort of thought that the word "Cleveland", sounded Denmark-ish.

T.V.S.

When my brother and I were young we lived in an apartment complex with our mom called "Pheasant Ridge." Well one time during class in grade school my brother proudly announced to the class during a presentation that we lived at "Peasant Ridge!"

Anon

As I child I used to wonder how letters could be sent from one country to another when one only paid postage in one country. Who paid for the letter being forwarded in its destination country? So I imagined all the post offices all over the world meticulously keeping track of how many letters from each country they transported, and then at the end of the year they would bill each other.

The Pi

When I was a child, many people jumped to their demise from the "G" Street bridge. When us kids would make Mom crazy, she would threaten to 'jump off the "G" Street bridge.
I was about 20 before I realized that not every town on earth had a "G" street bridge.

Annie

When I read a map, I used to think that Indiana was India. I asked my mom can we go to India, it's only the next state. (I live in Chicago)

Steve

i used to believe that we could dig a hole through the sand which went to australia and wed see all the people walking around upside down!

Becky

i used to believe that the united states was the whole world and that there was no other place but the united states.

smash

when i was 3 or 4 i moved from russia to the United states. I did understand what countries were, and what the earth was n stuff. So i looked on a globe for russia. Of course i could not read yet, and i thought Austrailia was Russia!but in the second grade i finally found out it was in europe and asia.

Anon

When I heard the song "Swannee River" as a child, I didn't know that it was about any particular river. I thought it was "swanny river", meaning a river with a lot of swans swimming on it. So I supposed the song to be about any river with lots of swans.

Naomi

A while ago, I was babysitting and the little girl, stacie, came running up to me and said 'The Princess of Wales has died?' I told her yes, it was quite the tragedy and she asked me why everyone was making a big deal about it. Then she promptly pulled out a map and pointed to the little island of Wales off of Canada and said: 'That island's small! It ain't even fit for me'. Of course, I had to show her where Wales really was and even then she didn't believe me! Ah, kids :)

Anon