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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

When I graduated highschool, the idea that some dinosaurs had feathers and evolved into birds was still "fringe science".

[–] audricd@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The economy works and real estate is always a good investment. Also, the best thing that can happen to a nation is to be defeated by the US, because the US will then rebuild their infrastructure. The only example that teacher would cite was Japan.

Fm radio travels in waves while am radio travels in beams. This wasn't a science teacher though. This was a media teacher's wisdom.

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[–] GooseGang@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The food pyramid for sure. I’m not sure if it was taught outside the US

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[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

In my moc-GCSE year(s), my science teacher was so confident that blood was blue in the veins, I called her out on it but she was so adamant about it.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bears sleep for their entire hibernation and recycle their waste.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bears do not hibernate, they enter Torpor

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