People go to school to learn things, so it’s not that crazy to expect them to be correct, right? Well, unfortunately, sometimes they might not be. Some ideas, whether coming from peers, other acquaintances there, or even teachers, tend to be far from reality, and quite a few redditors seemingly learned it firsthand.Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently shared the facts they were taught to be true in school, but have been disproven in their lifetime. Their answers covered everything from the food pyramid, to calculators, and even George Washington’s teeth, so scroll down to find them on the list below and see what other topics the false information covered.This post may includeaffiliate links.

People go to school to learn things, so it’s not that crazy to expect them to be correct, right? Well, unfortunately, sometimes they might not be. Some ideas, whether coming from peers, other acquaintances there, or even teachers, tend to be far from reality, and quite a few redditors seemingly learned it firsthand.

Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently shared the facts they were taught to be true in school, but have been disproven in their lifetime. Their answers covered everything from the food pyramid, to calculators, and even George Washington’s teeth, so scroll down to find them on the list below and see what other topics the false information covered.

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If you don’t do well you’ll end up being a garbage man. F**k you! Garbage men are awesome and make more that teachers. Also, less likely to get shot on the job.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

There’s never been a war fought on Australian soil. 1990’s 3rd grade teacher proclaimed it proudly. Indigenous Australians would beg to differ.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Not my lifetime, but my Mom’s sister was initially forced to write with her right hand, despite being left-handed. Since they went to Catholic school, it was taught, as fact, that being left-handed was something something Devil.When my Aunt started Grade 1, my Great-Grandfather died a couple weeks into the school year and bequeathed some money to the church and school. The family would not give it to them unless my Aunt was allowed to be left-handed.Amazingly enough, the Priest, upon prayer and reflection, determined that being left-handed wasn’t a problem anymore. Isn’t that something? That’s how my now 78 year old Aunt changed science at Blessed Sacrament when she was 5 years old.

My primary school teacher told me our bodies can’t make new blood and we’re born with all the blood we’ll ever have. As someone who got nosebleeds I knew it was bollocks. When I questioned that adults are obviously bigger so have more blood she said it’s watered down.These people teach kids.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That I’d fail in life because I was not good at math.I always had a hard time with math and physics and chemistry.Turns out I am just not good with numbers, but succeeded with languages. I have a natural talent for languages. I am a translator and conference interpreter. I work with 5 languages.My math teacher told my mom I’d never amount to anything if I didn’t master math. I was there and her words scarred me for life. I have been terrified of failure ever since.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That while being on your period you’ll only loose one spoon of blood! That’s such a bs

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Pretty much everything about Christopher Columbus.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

The United States government prevents abuse of power through a well-engineered system of checks and balances.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

If you study well and have excellent grades, you will end up with a nice job and lots of money.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Your permanent record will follow you into adulthood

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

You won’t always have a calculator on you.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Myers Briggs garbage.I even fought with my professor about it.Turns out in the end I was right.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

In pharmacy school around the turn of the century we were taught that people in legitimate pain don’t get addicted to opiates and opioids.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

All fat was bad for you, thus fat free foods became a thing for a while.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That George Washington’s teeth were made of wood. No. It’s so much worse

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Surgery can be performed on very small infants without anesthesia because pain reception isn’t developed yet.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

The system/time will take care of putting “bad guys” where they belong.

Carrots are good for night vision.This was a lie the British used to explain how they could spot German bombers during WWII. The truth, that they had broken the German Enigma machine and were decoding secret messages, was kept a secret for decades. The full story was not told until the 1990s.I consider the Enigma coverup to be the best kept secret in human history.

I once asked one of my elementary school teachers what a rainbow was, and she told me scientists hadn’t figured it out. I walked around until my early 20s thinking that. Also, I think it was this same teacher who told me Columbus thought the Earth was flat. They were training teachers a different kind of way in the 70s and 80s. It’s honestly one of the reasons I’m thankful for the internet, because depending on your teacher or an outdated encyclopedia for answers could be a real roll of the dice.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

You only use 10% of your brain each day.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

In grade school they told us that the Titanic would never be found. Not exactly a disproven “fact,” but still amusing that technology has advanced so far in such a relatively short amount of time.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Dinosaurs being cold blooded.ulcers were from stress (most are from bacteria)Neanderthals were a less evolved human ancestorSugar makes kids hyper

It takes 7 years to digest gum

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Pluto not being a planet

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Blood is blue until exposed to oxygen, then it turns red.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

I learned tongue taste maps at school. Turns out it’s complete nonsense.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Using plastic bags will help save the environment

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That male pattern baldness trait passed down from your maternal line. Mom’s side loaded with full heads of hair, however found out early I received zero of the genetics promised.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

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the food pyramid.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That we only have 5 senses

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

“No one is going to wait for you to look up information in the real world, you have to know it” has to be the most insane thing I ever heard

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

Not school exactly but in grade 4 we had the D.A.R.E program come talk to my class and they said a lot of stuff that’s not true. I remember them saying weed has more chemicals in it than cigarettes, and caused cancer faster than cigarettes. Anything that goes in your lungs that not oxygen can cause cancer but I don’t think it causes cancer faster?

Once you get to high school, nobody will accept papers not written in cursive

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That animals are pure instinct machines. Turns out even flies may have sentience and can get PTSD from being swatted at. That’s effed up. I don’t want to traumatize a fly

Y2K would end us all!

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

The whole ‘meteorite killed the dinosaurs’ thing wasn’t yet the accepted theory when I was a kid.

30 ‘Facts’ People Learned In School That Have Been Disproven In Their Lifetime

That moss always grows on the north side of trees.Edit: Should have added, this so called fact would help you if you had gotten lost hiking as North would point to civilization or some s**t.

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