Will Durant said education is the progressive discovery of our ignorance.

If you grew up attending government schools here are some revisions you need to make:
Van Gogh did not cut-off his ear, Gauguin did it in a sword fight.

Chameleons do not change color for camouflage but for temperature control.

Colombus did not discover America. Erikson did 492 years earlier.

All areas of the tongue, not just certain dedicated areas, detect the whole range of tastes.

Abe Lincoln was OK with slavery. He said if he could preserve the Union and keep slavery he would.

Isaac Newton was not hit by a falling apple.

Man did not evolve from apes.

There is gravity in space, it is just not as strong as on Earth.

Thomas Edison purchased the patent for the electric light bulb from its inventor.

There were only 12 original colonies, not 13. Delaware was part of another state.

Benjamin Franklin did not use a key on a kite to investigate electricity.

The first Thanksgivings were not feasts shared with Indians. Colonists froze and starved alone.

Blood is not blue except when exposed to the atmosphere. It is always red.

Diamonds are not made from coal.

Those convicted in the Salem witch trials were never burned at the stake.

(thanks to www.Brainjet.com)

 

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