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I used to torment my sister by telling her that we would leave her in MINNESOTA. I learned in geography about the Arctic region and thought that Minnesota was a state there. She would cry everytime i said that -- afraid that we would leave her in the cold, barren land. Heck i would cry if i had to live in Minnesota too haha.

Eskimo

I used to believe that the United States covered almost the entire planet.

RAB

When I was in elementery school I had a book that explained the three branches of the US government. There was a map of the United States that showed pictures representing each branch. For the Executive Branch it showed the White House in a circle on New Jersey and Pennsylvania. For the Legislative Branch it showed a picture of the Capitol on Virginia. And for the Supreme Court it showed a picture of the Supreme Court Building on Ohio. Ever since then I always picture the Supreme Court meeting in Ohio. Although now I know it meets in Washington, I can't shake the image of the court being in Ohio.

Jon

i used to believe that north meant up and south meant down. this resulted in the belief that oklahoma was actually really far above texas... like it was stacked. why else would you use planes?

cameron

For some reason I always thought Gibraltar was an island between Spain and Africa. I didn't know it was actually attached to Spain!

Anon

I used to believe that state lines were actually marked out on the ground somehow - that is, the whole borders of the states all around. I lost this notion pretty quick the first time we took a long car trip :-)

Anon

When I was in second grade my teacher told me to find Greenland on a map. I figured it would be colored green of course because Greenland was green! I never found it that day

Anon

Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.

Paulette

Living in the US for a while I meet people allllll the time who believe that Holland and The Netherlands are two different countries. I met a boy a few days ago who said that his ancestors were from Holland but even he didn't know that the official name for Holland is: The Netherlands.

Renske

I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.

Anon

I used to believe that the maps for the United States and Texas were identical.

JTexas

I used to believe that if you dug deep in the ground, you would pop out (upside down of course) in China.

Monty

I used to believe that nobody could see the top of skyscrapers. My first trip to New York City was a great disappointment.

Anon

we had a map of hawaii and a map of the continental united states in our hall. both were multi colored, where each island and each state was a different hue.
i used to beleive that each state was an island, but they didn't have enough room on the map to draw the water surrounding each island so they squished them all together to fit on the map.

Anon

I moved to Los Angeles from the midwest when I was 18, and was thrilled to hear reports on the radio about surfing conditions. But I always wondered where Port AuVere was located. I was 27 before I realized he was saying waves were "poor to fair."

KROQ-er

When I was little the were a string of arsons in my city. And I remember thinking, man I wouldn't want to live on Arson street, there is always a fire there.

Nikki

I used to believe that there was only one lighthouse in the world and it was at the centre of the earth.

Anon

I grew up in California, USA, where many city names are of Spanish origin and have kept something like the original pronunciation. I used to believe that the city of San Jose (pronounced 'san ho-say' like the Spanish) was just right next to the city San Jose (pronounced 'san jo-za' as if it were English).

Sandi

I used to believe that New Zealand was a place, which was made by the butcher of my neighborhood, in order to put his lambs there !

Giorgos