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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] friendly_ghost 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Christopher Columbus discovered America" (hopefully they're not still teaching this)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 3 months ago

Even worse: Columbus thought the earth was round but nobody believed him.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

In 14 hundred and 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And also committed genocide

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

We never learnt that.