places

i live probably 15 miles away from antietam battlefield (where one of the bloodiest battles of the american civil war ocurred) i can remember going on a field trip there when i was about 4. they told us about Bloody Lane. I was really scared to go there. I thought there would actually be blood everywhere...but confused and somewhat disappointed to find that it was now a bloodless paved walkway.

candy

For the longest time, I used to believe Russia and Germany were the same country. I would often get them confused when watching a WW2 film or a James Bond movie. The both talked with funny accents and seemed evil.

Blame the media.

Screwed up kid

I used to believe that we lived on the inside of the world, and that aeroplanes could just fly in a straight line across the middle to get from place to place

Cawrie

As a child we lived only a short distance from a beach on the Queensland coast, Australia. When I was about 4 I used stand on the beach and gaze out over the sea to the horizon and imagine I could see tiny buildings and people, and thought it was America!

Graham

I lived in a state capital and enjoyed playing in the capital building as a child. I used to think that all cities had capital buildings and was quite confused when there wasn't one downtown. Luckily, I again live in a state capital so everything is right with the world. :-)

Anon

When I was about 6, I saw a country called "Egypt" in the atlas and thought it was pronounced "Egg-pit." I thought that it was some sort of fantastical land of make-believe, and I asked my parents repeatedly if we could go to Egg-pit. It took them a while to figure out what I was talking about. When they finally did, they took me to the Oriental Institute in Chicago and I was placated.

Kitty Kat

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.

As a young child, learning the United States map....I believed each state had the lines around them, there were times in travelling I looked for those lines

Beth

I used to believe that Scotland was actually London, because all important things are at the top aren't they?

Ron Bloke

When my sister was 4 she got into an argument with my Dad that Marineland was at Ontario Place and not at Niagara Falls. She explained this by singing the Marineland commercial song, "at Niagara falls ONTARIO, it's always a fun PLACE to go"

Tricksy

when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.

valerie

I thought Oakland was in Oklahoma. I was a big Oakland Raiders fan, and when I was six I was really sad to hear we were moving to California from Pennsylvania, which was so far away from my favorite football team!

dubass

k this is really bad cos i believed this until like a week ago - I've always thought that the Falkland Islands were in england. And this is REALLY stupid of me cos a.Im from scotland which is pretty near england b. Theres the word ISLAND in it, which i obviously forgot and c. I'm 17. Enough said.

u don't have 2 tell me, i know im a dumbass!

I used to believe South Africa was a general term for the southern area of the continent of Africa. I never realized it was a country.

Matt Thiel

When I was 6 or so, my mom told me she was going on a business trip to Seattle. I thought she meant she was going to see a friend named Attle (i.e., "see Attle"). She came back and was telling me about her hotel room. When she mentioned there was only one bed, I asked, "so where did Attle sleep?" She laughed at me.

Matt

I believed that the coliseum where basketball games were played was full of water and it was where people would go to fish from up in the rafters. I was kinda disappointed to find out what it really was.

Anon

As a child I enjoyed watching a tape of an educational special on dinosaurs. One line in the show went, "Dinosaur bones have been discovered in every continent except Antarctica." I asked my parents what "Antarctica" meant, and they (who must have misunderstood me, since I can't imagine them telling me this on purpose) said that it meant a place where there were many houses and buildings. Even years later, when I knew what the continent of Antarctica was, I still had this image of houses and buildings whenever I watched the tape and heard that line.

Jason from Illinois

I was convinced that Indians had dug the Grand Canyon.

Tom Sackett

I was told that on the exact opposite side of the world was someone who looked and acted just like me. In fact, my family, my house, and the whole town were replicated and maybe doing the exact same things as we were. It made me wonder quite a bit.

Brooke