The US south treated their slaves well. Even in high school, I was like “mmmm you suuuure about that?”
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The "tongues have taste zones" thing is the only thing that comes to mind.
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The constitution of the united States.
I went through the two websites posted here for graduation year 2008. The only incorrect thing I was taught that I still believed was:
"Learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) determine how you best learn"
False. Huh.
I just picked up a book on this! There is, of course, an incredibly racist history to the use of these concepts.
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I think the hardest truth I just learned is that it’s been 31 years since highschool.
"What you were taught
"Flu shots give you the flu"
What we know now
A common misconception...
Updated understanding emerged around 2020"
Updated for whom? Anti-vaccine idiots?
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The fact that we thought Pluto was a planet seemed absolutely insane at the time but none of the kids could question the adult in the room when the stupid rock is literally not even staying in its own lane
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Rome didn't have special rooms for people to vomit in, then resume feasting.
Soviet blocking brigades weren't machine gun nests set up to mow down retreating soviet soldiers.
Vietnam had a regular army, it wasn't entirely a guerrilla force.
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Most of what I learned about genetics is incorrect as when I graduated we thought DNA ran the show.
We were also wrong about why the USSR fell (not a huge surprise)
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Fruit and vegetables being separate categories: Fruits are actually a type of vegetable. Additionally cucumbers are melons.
Cyan being a light blue: It is actually 50% green.
Simple machines are fundamental: They completely ignore compliant mechanisms and aren't atomic. Actually atomic mechanisms would be defined by the type of force, the shape, and the compliance.
The only form of Socialism is Marxism and Communism and Capitalism means markets: Look up Mutualism or Syndicalism.
Basically everything with pop psychology.
I am sure there are more, but these were just top of my head.
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IQ tests!
They are standardized eugenics and should be rethought entirely
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