<![CDATA[The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class]]>Saw this on another forum. Cracked has yet another great list posted. This time it's the top 5 lies you were told in K-12 history class.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16101_5-most-ridiculous-lies-you-were-taught-in-history-class.html

Round up:
#5. Columbus Discovered the Earth is Round
#4. Einstein Flunked Math
#3. Newton and the Apple
#2. Washington and the Cherry Tree
#1. Benjamin Franklin, the Kite and the Thunderstorm

Click the link for the full explanations.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/13682/the-5-most-ridiculous-lies-you-were-taught-in-history-classRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 17:32:11 GMTTue, 08 Apr 2008 15:16:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:25:51 GMT]]>i wasn't taught any of that... or at least none of it was passed off as fact. Any time i heard any of those stories, they were told just as that, stories. And i've never heard someone say that Columbus discovered the world is round. But i have heard some people say that Columbus was the first to sail to the america's which was wrong.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/202321https://fargostreet.com/post/202321Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies You Were Taught In History Class on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:27:24 GMT]]>#6. CMK is heterosexual.

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