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  • the_yaya@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    Tonight’s Ask PHLemmy: What was a fact taught to you in school that ended up being disproven during your lifetime?

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      1 year ago
      • Agapito Flores who “invented” the florescent light
      • The tongue has specific areas for certain tastes
      • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM
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        1 year ago

        Parang si Armando Malite, inventor of the armalite. ROTFLMAO!

        But the pinoy inventor of WiFi (Wilhemyo Filisterio) unearthed a better easter egg: a Hollywood actress was the person behind WiFi, bluetooth, and GPS.

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      1 year ago

      The Tasaday was still being taught to us in grade school despite being exposed as a hoax several years before.

      Also, I was going through my old test papers and some of my answers in GRMC were marked wrong even if it’s correct.