Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?message-squaremessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square204linkfedilink
minus-squareWalican132@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months 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-up0·10 months 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.
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.