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[-] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 17 hours ago

I swear a social studies teacher told us that most rivers tend to flow north to south. Young impressionable child I was, I of course filed it away as a long-term core memory -- right there next to PEMDAS, FOIL, and so on.

Then I mentioned it in college and got fucking embarrassed.

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 15 points 15 hours ago

Similar, I had one declare rivers flow towards the equator. Which is slightly better than claiming they all flow N to S, but still inaccurate.

Rivers flow downhill. That's it. In case anyone else needs to check their mental model of the world.

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