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Mitochondria is the power house of the cell (lemm.ee)

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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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[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've only heard this phrase from Americans, so I think "all over the world" is a stretch

[–] Psuedocoder@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Its taught in India as well, (and is also a meme here)

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Can confirm in south india

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

Australian here, they taught us this meme in school.