There’s no date bracketing, but Wikipedia’s list of lists of misconceptions is excellent and often covers things taught in some schools, e.g.
- the dodo primarily went extinct from the induction of invasive species, not hunting
- urinating on jelly fish stings doesn’t help
- fossil fuels are primarily fossilized plant matter, not prehistoric animal remains
- apes are monkeys
- stretching before exercise doesn’t help later muscle soreness
- Western civilizations haven’t generally thought the world is flat at any time in the Common Era
- the pyramids weren’t made by slaves
- the story of Marie Antoinette declaring, “let them eat cake” is apocryphal, and predates her reign
I’ve always thought that (dynamic?) stretching helps prevent or minimizes the chance of injury, but after reading this, I did a quick internet search, and there doesn’t seem to be that much evidence to support it. It just depends on other factors, I guess?
Ever since I read that, I try to review that page every few years and there’s always something I am wrong about. It’s fantastic!
Yup, regarding flat earth, people saw the mast coming over the horizon before the ship. They could also see the very globe-like moon in the sky.
Only idiots thought the world was flat.
This is possibly the greatest Wikipedia article to ever exist.
Apes being monkeys scientifically is the best news I’ve heard all year. It has been a banable offense in my home for years to correct someone for saying monkey when referring to gorillas, orangutans, etc., despite the fact that I genuinely thought scientists did not classify them as such.
Monge.
I think it’s still useful to have informal words that distinguish smaller, typically less intelligent primates from larger and typically smarter ones, but I agree that using it as a gotcha is pointless.
It’s like people using the botanical distinction about berries, legumes, etc to argue that some savory plant part isn’t a vegetable (e.g. tomatoes as fruits, bananas as berries, etc). What’s scientifically correct comes second to clear mutual communication, and no one likes a smart-ass.
Besides, we as mammals are really just all confused fish.
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- the story of Marie Antoinette declaring, “let them eat cake” is apocryphal, and predates her reign
How does it predate her reign? Most wrong quotes come after the alleged author’s death
I already provided the link for you to check this, but it’s on the history list, under “Early Modern”.
Marie Antoinette did not say “let them eat cake” when she heard that the French peasantry were starving due to a shortage of bread. The phrase was first published in Rousseau’s Confessions, written when Marie Antoinette was only nine years old and not attributed to her, just to “a great princess”. It was first attributed to her in 1843.
The citation is this HowStuffWorks page.
This does not answer your question at all, but your confusion reminded me of this, which you might find amusing
As a pedant, that’s my favorite page on Wikipedia
When asked what causes thunder, my 3rd grade teacher’s response was “it’s clouds bumping together.” One of the students tried to correct her and got in trouble.
My second grade teacher claimed multitasking is impossible
Screw you Ms. McDaniels, I’m a GM Starcraft player. How’s that for multitasking??
Working in IT a customer came to my cubicle with his laptop issue that caused him to stop work. Of course I was busy but I started working on his laptop also.
He tells me multitasking makes you inefficient. At the time, I just said ok.
Thinking about it more I should have given him his laptop back and told him I would help him when I was free.
It’s more like clouds being torn apart by the wind. That’s a cooler story and young children would still understand it.
https://yourschoolgotwrong.com/ wasn’t working last I checked.
Credit goes to https://lemmy.world/u/MiraLazineThe domain is parked
Also, be useful to show all the new facts that you missed.
My biggest hope would be that a lot of the new stuff we currently believe will be on a list like this in the future.
Better use the year your teacher graduated. I learned stuff in the first semesters of university not long after school my teacher simply didn’t know but younger teachers might have
If you’re looking for your web 1.0 site inspiration, this might be it. (text versions of mythbusters might give you starting material)
I feel the poorest states in the richest nation are working to create a lot of tomorrow’s corrected misconceptions.
