places

When I was a kid, I had heard that China was on the other side of the world. I lived in a valley, with hills on both sides, and I thought China was on the other side of those hills.

Tina

When I was ver young, growing up in Philadelphia, the sugar packets at area restaraunts often featured Independence Hall on them. Visiting Independence Hall on a school field trip, I was surprised to find out that they DIDN'T make sugar there!

JC from Philly

When I was a kid, we went on a field trip to the downtown area of where we lived. Our teacher was telling us that all of the places we were visiting would turn up the heat for us or something of that nature, but I somehow thought that the city was going to heat the whole downtown. I remember telling my parents this and wondering why they were laughing.

Anon

When i was little i used to belive there were only two countries The USA and China and there was only water everywhere else.

Misinformed

(i live in northern europe)i believed that america was placed where asia is, and duckburg was an independent city within the usa (!)

little miss from norway

I used to believe that the whole world ended with Paris. I also thought Europe was a country! And every time you rewinded a videocassette or played it, little men inside the videocassette had to controll the filmrollers. Heh. I came to this conclusions all by myself.

Caroline

When I was little I thought there were only two countries in the world: the US and the USSR. I knew the world was round, so I pictured the Soviet Union to the north (it was cold there) and the US kind of in the middle of the globe. Everything else was just water.

sampa

My mom's ex honestly believed, until he was thirty no less, that the U.S. capitol, Washington D.C., was located in the state of Washington. He must have missed that day in class when they explain that though the names are similar, the two places are on opposite ends of the country.

Zoya

I used to believe that every nation in the world were states of U.S.A. . Sometimes I still do.

Anon

When I was little I thought that all inflatable rafts were made in Cape City South Africa. Later I read it correctly as CAPACITY........

John Weeks

I lived on the ocean and thought that if I looked really hard that I could indeed see China across the water...no matter what everyone else told me. I also though that the bamboo washed up on the beach had come all the way from China. Cause that's where pandas were and therefor all the bamboo in the world was there too. I think that the whole the earth is round lesson was lost on me until I was quite a bit older.

Anon

When my 5 year old daughter visited New York City she saw the Empire State building and also the one that resembles it but is a bit smaller, the "Christ-The-Lord building". (Chrysler building)

Glenn Rueger

My sister told me that if it wasn't for the bridges, Manhatten Island would sink. This made sense to me considering the weight of all of those buildings.

Monica

When I was about 6 yrs old...I'd often hear your facing North... hmmm
So; it did not matter which way I was facing; North it was...East was to the right of me...West to the left...and South was behind me... I got so messed up when I finally realized that it wasn't the case. hehehe!!!

know better now

i used to think the whole world was new zealand

Matt

When I was naughty as a kid, my dad would threaten to send me away to live with a Mrs Griggs, who lived in Ipswich. She was a nasty, mean, child-hating old spinster, who would make me eat things I didn't like and keep me locked in a cupboard. If I was misbehaving, my dad just needed to say the words "Mrs Griggs!" or "Ipswich!", and I would become panic-stricken. Even though I later found out there was no such person, I had an irrational fear of Ipswich for a long time.

Lucy

When I was a child and we used to visit family in Italy in the summer, I used to think that Italy floated in the sky somewhere and thats why we had to go on an aeroplane to get there.

Anon