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[-] yabai@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Oh I've got a good one. Learned in the American south. Supposedly the American Civil War was not fought over slavery, but differing railroad track widths. Slavery was a minor detail that was a scape goat for the north to force the south to use its standard railroad width.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

When I graduated highschool, the idea that some dinosaurs had feathers and evolved into birds was still "fringe science".

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The economy works and real estate is always a good investment. Also, the best thing that can happen to a nation is to be defeated by the US, because the US will then rebuild their infrastructure. The only example that teacher would cite was Japan.

Fm radio travels in waves while am radio travels in beams. This wasn't a science teacher though. This was a media teacher's wisdom.

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[-] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

In my moc-GCSE year(s), my science teacher was so confident that blood was blue in the veins, I called her out on it but she was so adamant about it.

[-] audricd@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago
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[-] GooseGang@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

The food pyramid for sure. I’m not sure if it was taught outside the US

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[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Bears sleep for their entire hibernation and recycle their waste.

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