@Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 29 days agoWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?message-square215fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down11
arrow-up1165arrow-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 • 29 days agomessage-square215fedilink
minus-squareWalican132linkfedilinkEnglish35•29 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-square@spongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•29 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-squareWalican132linkfedilinkEnglish1•29 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.