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American tourists at Tower Hill, London, looking up at 10 Trinity Square; "Excuse me sir, is that Hamlet's Tower?" Me: "Erm, no, I think Hamlet came from Denmark". The mystery of how this misapprehension arose was solved when I saw a nearby sign; "Welcome to Tower Hamlets".
For my own part, I was convinced that Niagara Falls were in the middle of the countryside and was astonished to find that the view was from a busy road edged with fast food restaurants. Alansplodge (talk) 17:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
My biggest surprises have always been about works of art; you only ever see them online presented without any context for scale purposes, so you tend to misunderstand the size of paintings. I guess I always thought most paintings were around the same size (like about 1-1.5 meters or so per side) but then you see things like the Mona Lisa which is shockingly tiny, or Washington Crossing the Delaware which is similarly surprisingly huge. --Jayron3217:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You lot are being trolled; the OP is a banned user. I should really delete this whole thread, but unfortunately there have been too many good-faith responses to do so. --Viennese Waltz17:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
