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30 Outdated Facts That Will Make You Question Your Schooling!

Roy R. Oct 24, 2023 05:00 AM EDT

Hold on to your textbooks, folks, because we're about to delve into a hilarious and eye-opening journey through the outdated facts that once filled our school days. Ever wonder what teachers got wrong? Or how about those historical tidbits that turned out to be utter balderdash? Prepare to have your mind blown as we unearth 30 such facts that were once taught in classrooms across the globe. Get ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe even shed a tear for the education system that once was.

outdated fact I learned tongue taste maps at school. Turns out it's complete nonsense. I have a feeling science knew it was nonsense for years while schools kept pushing it for some reason. — Save

outdated fact All fat was bad for you, thus fat free foods became a thing for a while. Fat free and tiny huge amount of sugar. Now it's reversed, keto high fat, no/low sugar Haha — Save

outdated fact Once you get to high school, nobody will accept papers not written in cursive — Save

outdated fact My god, elementary teachers think high school is like signing up for basic military training I swear. My grade 8 teacher told me that high school wouldn't let me use pencils, use the bathroom during class, fail me if I'm a minute late for class, not let me talk to my friends in the halls, etc. It's like they watched a Hollywood highschool movie and thought it was real. — Save

outdated fact the food pyramid.Give us this day, our daily 17 pieces of bread — Save

outdated fact In pharmacy school around the turn of the century we were taught that people in legitimate pain don't get addicted to opiates and opioids. Probably taught by the Sackler's marketing team. — Save

outdated fact Your permanent record will follow you into adulthood — Save

outdated fact Strangers will give me free drugs on street corners and in Halloween candy As an adult I now know how freaking expensive edibles are and am not sharing with loved ones let alone strangers. — Save

outdated fact You won't always have a calculator on you. And you have much more than that now. You basically have an answer to any question on any test you've ever taken. — Save

outdated fact I once asked one of my elementary school teachers what a rainbow was, and she told me scientists hadn't figured it out. I walked around until my early 20s thinking that. Also, I think it was this same teacher who told me Columbus thought the Earth was flat. They were training teachers a different kind of way in the 70s and 80s. It's honestly one of the reasons I'm thankful for the internet, because depending on your teacher or an outdated encyclopedia for answers could be a real roll of the dice. — Save

outdated fact "No one is going to wait for you to look up information in the real world, you have to know it" has to be the most insane thing I ever heard — Save

outdated fact The whole 'meteorite killed the dinosaurs' thing wasn't yet the accepted theory when I was a kid. — Save

And there you have it, a nostalgic trip down the lanes of misinformation and outdated knowledge. While these facts might have made us scratch our heads in disbelief, they also serve as a reminder of the ever-evolving nature of education. As society progresses, so does our understanding of the world, leaving these relics of the past as nothing more than amusing anecdotes. So, here's to the educators and fact-checkers who continue to refine our knowledge, one accurate fact at a time.

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Roy has been one of the internet's meme tastemakers for more than a decade. He and Phil started Thunder Dungeon in 2012 by posting the stuff they found funny, and it grew into viral photo and video creations, one of the largest meme community apps and one of the best sites for daily meme content. If you've spent any time online, you've probably laughed at one of his memes.