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when I was 6 my Dad went to visit India and when he came back he told me about the people living in mud houses.

Our house in NZ was near the water and when we drove over the bridge and the tide was out my parents would point out the mudflats to me. They were certain that they were there but I always looked for the little mud houses and the poor people that must have lived in them and I could never see them...I felt sorry for them for a long long time...

Frosty

I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.

Anon

When i was about 3 or 4 i thought that Legoland was situated just past a local factory complex. As in real life its situated in Denmark. I think its because i fell asleep just as we past the factory, and then woke up 4 hours later at Legoland. And also that when you went through the gates you got blown up to gigantic proportions or the world shrunk. I didnt realize that all them buildings there were minitures made of Legos.

Jolly green giant

I belived that the only countrys in the world outside Sweden was USA or Sovjet! I couldn´t understand that it was true that Sovjet was gone when my teacher told me. And that was 3 years after it fell. :-)

Krickan

I was born and raised in Hawaii. Since we were taught that Columbus discovered America, and I knew that Hawaii was part of America, I wondered which beach he landed on, and if it was very close to my house.

geoclueless

Whenever I saw pictures of the Tower of London, it was featured with Tower Bridge. Because my attention was drawn to the bridge, I thought Tower Bridge was the Tower of London. I figured the prisoners were kept in one tower and the Crown Jewels in the other. At age 36, my wife and I went to London to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. When hopped in a cab to go on the tour of the Tower of London, the driver drove over Tower Bridge, right past both towers. I'm like, "Where's this guy going?" My wife, who had been to London several times before was kind enough to enlighten me.

Morgan

My hometown is called Nuneaton. Up until about eight years old I always thought is was 'The Neaton'. I only realised otherwise when I entered a colouring competition and had to submit my address, asking my parents how to spell 'The Neaton'.

Stuart

I was told as a child that you couldn't enter Scotland without a kilt on. Pertrified of having to wear a skirt I used to hide under my coat in the back of the car when we crossed the border...

Iscaboo

I used to think that each country was stacked on top of each other. That's why planes took off into the sky after all!
Because of this, I used to watch Golf and get worried as the ball went down the hole. I was keen for the golfer to get it right away before it'd fall through to another world.

Mike Bilsborough

A friend of my mother's moved to Texas when she was little. Her best friend was terrified for her because she was afraid my mother's friend would be shot by Indians. This was the 1950s when Westerns were REALLY popular.

texasbabe

Many years ago I saw a disaster movie about a bridge collapsing. After that I was insanely frightened whenever my parents took me to Edinburgh, as we had to drive over the Forth Road Bridge to get there...

R

i used to believe that the name 'Gibraltar' was actually spelt 'Gilbratar' for years and until quite recently I was convinced that there was 2 separate place 'jibrolter' and 'gilbratar' I had seen one written down, misread it and made no connection to the actual word. Even now if i see it written down i have to read it twice to make sure.

dopey_jon

Around the age of five, I thought that there was a huge apple somewhere in NYC because of it's nickname, the big apple. I kept asking evryone if they could see it when we watched the New Year's Eve program on TV

Cris

I used to think the world was a big hollow place and we all lived inside the world. I had heard people say "how in the world" what in the world and the man in the moon

joe R