ITT: Retarded shit you believed as a child

>thought Finland wasn't real
>thought the Roman Empire still existed
>thought George Washington and George W. Bush were the same person

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one time when I was a little kid I ate a cough drop and thought I was going to poison myself because it was a medicine and not a candy as I had originally thought

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I thought watermelons would start growing in my stomach if I swallow the seeds

Unironically thought the whole of African continent was Shithuania

I thought that drinking too much water could make frogs grow in my stomach.

i thought o zone layer was a ufo hovering earth

>didn't know sparta is actually real

Thought whites were superior to non-whites.

I thought i was white

i was scared to poop because i thought fishes would go out of the toilets

>Russia was still part of the USSR
>Europe was a bunch of castles with knights and kings
>China, Japan and Korea are all the same country
>Africa was one country
>US was a police state because of their war with Iraq
>the entirety of South America is Brazil except for our evil enemies Argentina
>Cuba is going to invade Brazil
>Finland is the last place on earth before you fall over from the planet from walking too much
>Egypt was still pyramids, pharaohs and slaves
>Australia is the most primitive place because of all the animals I saw on TV
>Madagascar was ruled by Lemurs
Earth was more fun when I was a kid

i thought Haiti was somewhere between Africa and SEA, even as an adult

When I was very young I thought England was a giant considering how much my 1st grade teacher told me about how it was a mighty empire.
I use to think it was just as big as the usa and that Russia was still the ussr

>the Gulf War was in the Gulf of Mexico and Iraq sent a fleet to attack us
>the Falkland Islands were Hawaii

I never showered during storms because someone told me lightning might strike the water pipes and electrocute me

>retarded shit you believed as a child
>everyone actually believing retarded shit well into adolescence
this board is a fucking mental hospital

I thought the Union lost the Civil War because I grew up in the south and a friend told me "we" lost the war.
I guess I figured there was a second war or something where the Union reconquered the south

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oh what the fuck

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>Thought Yanks weren't really that stupid
We all make mistakes

>thought the world had about 250 countries
>thought that countries in europe were big.
>thought that 9/11 was imminent WW3
>thought that the statue of libertyy was made in USA

The Iraq War and Vietnam War were both the same war

>>thought mexico and canada were states

to be fair this is basically true

oh yeah people were saying that to me too

I thought asian people were a different species from black/white people

>thought I would have sex before turning 20

I though my step-dad was my real dad

>thought america was entirely white

thought mexicans were a different species

We visited my relatives in Canada
They lived on a farm and I was asleep during the entire drive up there and back, so I didn't see any cities
I thought Canada was completely rural and had no cities until I was like 8 and we went to Vancouver

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Israelis are all holocaust survivors

>Cuba is actually overseas Vietnam territory.
>China is just a little bigger than Vietnam.
>White people "superior new ideas" gonna help the work become lot better.
>Italy beats the shit out of France and England in WW2
>Greek create Roman empire.
>Israel actually survives for over thousand years instead of a revival country.
>Japan live with robot.
>Korean naturally mostly look good and have big eyes.

>the holocaust happened
>this was a bad thing

thought latinos spoke latin

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>Success is based on merit
>Everyone's a winner

When I was a kid I thought Catholics just worshipped God but with weird songs, didn't realise they venerated Mary and all that weird stuff.
Thought stuff like Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, Clinton Foundation, etc. were honorable charities and not fronts for laundering organizations.

>South America was just a vast land that no one ruled over
>Brazil and the Rain Forest are located in Africa
>Belgium is a country
>All of Ireland is a part of the UK
>Italians are white
>The Holocaust happened

>black people can't swim
>asian ladies have slanted vaginas
my dad was pretty racist and told me this
>splash pee on your face if you want to grow a beard
>use a vacuum on your penis if you want it to grow
my dad was just an asshole and laughed when I got my penis stuck in the vacuum tube

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>>asian ladies have slanted vaginas
this is true

>didn't think Naples was a real city
why