30 “Now-False Facts” That Were Really Taught In Schools, But Did Not Stand The Test Of Time

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That was not my experience at all

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Bollocks

But isn't that a promotion? Getting a job with higher responsibility? Problem would be if you don't get paid accordingly.

My other half.

John Lennon’s aunt used to tell him the guitar was alright but he would never make a living from it 😁

not to mention fanatic religion.

We have lots of reasons to hate on Columbus, but practically everything you list existed in N. America before Columbus got there.

Literally everything you mentioned was very much in play in the Americas before Columbus arrived. He didn't "bring" anything other than a technological ability to impose his will that was more effective than that of those already imposing their will. Colonizers, conquerors, and enslavers were prevalent on this side of the Atlantic for a thousand years before any Europeans showed up. Please learn history and stop acting like the native inhabitants of the western continents lived in perpetual peace and harmony with each other. That couldn't be further from the truth.

Uh the natives here practiced slavery long before Columbus showed up.

Sounds like trump..

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Christopher Columbus *didn't* bring "disease, slavery, poverty, death, war, pain, suffering" to the new world, he was simply an explorer looking to find a theorised easier and faster passage to "the East" (i.e. India, with its exotic spices, etc.) It was the greed of his financial backers, who paid for his voyage, the Spanish and the Roman Catholic Church, who brought the "disease, slavery, poverty, death, war, pain, suffering" - blame them, not Columbus! All HE ever got out of his travails, apart from a place in a history book, was poverty, disease, pain and suffering, as the Spanish never paid him anything beyond the ships he used for the voyage, which brought THEM gold, slaves, and a new country to control!

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they already had slavery, human sacrifice, death and war before Columbus showed up.

Never would have had that problem with the british

Used as a counterpart (and complement) to other history books . . . yes. Used alone . . . no. One cannot appreciate Zinn's work without comparing it to other books.

Depends on the school. I went to a conservative, fundamentalist religious school, and unfortunately, we were taught that while the colonizers did behave somewhat badly, overall it was better for all the countries who were colonized and that they needed us. And that Columbus wasn't perfect but overall was good.

Or just showing they had a really stupid teacher.

And? You make sound like aging is a bad thing. A lot of people don’t get the privilege of aging.

When I went to school in the mid-70s, plate tectonics was taught as if it was a new hypothesis that still needed a lot of verification. I think our books might have been 10-20 years old :)

What's your point?

I'm reading the post thinking I thought this was accepted fact. It makes way more sense to know it's a relatively new fact. Chuffed I'm young enough not to know this 😊

And that’s what was taught, age doesn’t matter. And it wasn’t commonly taught until later.. By the way, they still taught Queen of “England!” in recent years. So not off much at all.

Many of us hear about these theories before they were widely accepted. Teachers in the 50s and 60s were not afraid to suggest that some scientists had ideas before they were accepted.

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I have never understood the "Jesus was white" acceptance, and I never will. Just from the area it happened in should be obvious he wasn't, but when you add the When, it just becomes completely UNbelievable. Then I get into the area of questions like "taking those two into consideration, why did ALL apostles have "white" names except Judas?? , and how much of the original text was mistranslated? My beliefs now are definitely Not the same as 16 year old me, that's for sure.

Shockingly relevant for women everywhere, that...

Or you think you will only for it to not actually be a pocket. I hate women's clothes

I had to take a moment, put down what I was holding, and stand and clap for your comment. So much truth it hurts!

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Look for places that sell work wear, like for ranchers and such. The pockets aren't as deep as in most men's pants, but at least my hand and phone fit in the ones I'm wearing now. But the tag mentioned them being good for horseback riding. The brand is Ariat, in case anyone wondered. But there are others at our local Murdoch's, which is a farm supply type store, for people who don't know.

“And even if you do have pockets, they won’t fit anything thicker than a credit card…”

I feel like designers are finally listening because I've been finding more pants, dresses, and skirts with pockets in the last couple of years.

Right!!! If only designers for women's apparel would take note.

"You won't always have pants"

Thenfact that clothes designers don't seem to think women need pockets is sooooo stupid. I mean, what? Why?

I don't know that as a issue, 9 of 10 of my pants have functional pockets (does it depend on where you buy them??)

I think purses count as pockets. Close enough?