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When I was very little, I couldn't understand how people living on the bottom of our round earth could stand. I thought if you went down there you would just drop head first into outer space.

Giselle

I used to believe that foreign countries were actually different planets and when you travelled in a plane you were actually travelling through space.

Michele

When I was younger I thought that if I dug a hole that I'd fall through the Earth and into outer space.

Colin

until i was 9 i used think Mexico was part of the US and i figured it out it front my class it was embrassing.

lumpy

Theres a city called Powell River around where I live. Whenever my family used to say we're going to Powell River with their British/Fijian accents it sounded like "Poweldriva" and to this day I still mistaken it and say that when my parents and family talk about it.

Lime

I always saw the cartoons about digging a hole to straight through the Earth, and I wanted to try it. I never did, however, because of one fear. I was afraid that when I came out of the whole, with everything being upside down at that point, I would fall out and into the sky. It never struck me that coming out of a hole in China would be just like one in the US.

Elizabeth

i used to believe that hawaii was on the east coast, near the bahamas, and that europe was directly west of california.

Anon

When I was very young our family drove from Texas to Oklahoma to visit my grandmother who lived in a small community, Rufe. I thought Rufe was the only town in Oklahoma.

Anon

I thought that New York and Florida were neighbors. I think it was from hearing about my N.Y relations constantly going there on vacation!

Robyn

When I was about 7 my mom told me we were going to Spain. We live in Mexico. Anyway, I started crying and told her I didn't want to go because I didn't want to wear those big dresses... too much tv I guess :p

Anon

When I was little I used to think that mexico was on the clouds because U had to take a plane to get there.

Liliana

I used to think there was a center spot in the world. And whenever i gaze up the sky, i thought i had found that spot

mandy

I live in California. While in the car at night on the highway, I used to think that the lights I saw were from New York, since my parents said they come from big cities.

Cindy

I used to think the sun and the moon were the same planet!

ali

I used to believe that my country was in the center of the world and that every other country was around my own. Guess i was a bit selfcentered...

Nuno

I used to believe that other countries are in the sky.
Because i thought air planes are going to the sky, and never come back.

Isuru and Hisashi

I enjoyed watching NFL Football and was amazed that there was a game in New England. I thought the NFL was playing a special game over seas in England. What solidified it for me was that I always heard that it rained a lot in England and this game was being played in the rain. I'm still a little unsure what all makes up "New England" since it's not one of the 50 states.

Still a bit confused

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

I thought that Washington, D.C. was in New York.

Anon

When I was little I used to think the autobahn was a stock.

Cclbean