Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agoWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?message-squaremessage-square222linkfedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10
arrow-up1168arrow-down1message-squareWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square222linkfedilink
minus-squareWalican132linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·11 days agoI was taught the Philippines was a US territory. I just learned last night that hasn’t been true since 1946. I went to school in the 90s.
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days ago Philippines was a US territory that hasn’t been true since 1946. I mean… It was a US territory. Well, at least it was under control of the US in some way. I think one of/the first cruel and unusual constitutional challenges was over something that originated in the Philippines.
minus-squareWalican132linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI suppose phrasing wins there. I meant u was educated in the 90s that it currently was a territory.
I was taught the Philippines was a US territory. I just learned last night that hasn’t been true since 1946. I went to school in the 90s.
I mean… It was a US territory. Well, at least it was under control of the US in some way. I think one of/the first cruel and unusual constitutional challenges was over something that originated in the Philippines.
I suppose phrasing wins there. I meant u was educated in the 90s that it currently was a territory.