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dangblingus, in I made a website that tells you, based on the year you graduated high school, what your school (probably) got wrong!

Most of the selections give you the exact same outcome. Neat idea, but it needs work.

Chobbes,

One thing that’s kind of funny to me about this is the 1940s, which has a lot of the ones from modern times…

You were probably taught at some point that we’d never be able to map out the entire human genome due to its complexity. However, in 2003, we documented the first 92%, and in 2022 we documented the remaining 8%.

I could be wrong (and I’d be super interested to hear if this was the case), but… Were we teaching kids about the human genome before we even knew the structure of DNA and before we knew that DNA carried genetic information? I know we knew DNA existed, and it was probably hypothesized that it could play a roll in genetics before the Hershey-Chase experiments in 1952, but I’m not sure whether most schools would talk much about anything resembling the human genome in the 1940s? What would have been in the curriculum then? It’s actually kind of wild how much the scientific landscape has changed since then.

MiraLazine,

From what I could trace, the 1940s myths were most likely spread around then (a lot were circa 1930s), just perhaps less commonly. I can definitely attest that at least in the scientific literature then, that was a common enough idea to be inaccurate since, so I’d assume that it was taught to students when approaching biology too. If I’m wrong on this though I can remove this from the site

Chobbes,

The human genome one was the one that stood out to me. I’d be curious to see a source from the time if you’ve got one!

qaz, (edited ) in I made a website that tells you, based on the year you graduated high school, what your school (probably) got wrong!

Cool site, maybe you can open source it, so people can contribute improvements. I have a few ideas myself:

  • Add continent or even country selector
  • Display facts in a table
  • Full text search

I could add those functionalities myself if needed.

MiraLazine,

Posting a reply now, should be a Github link on the site to it as public. If not, github.com/MiraLazine/SchoolGotWrong

I think it should be open source but if its not lmk, I’d love to have some help on this because I mostly did this to learn

qaz, (edited )

Cool, I’ll have a further look at it tomorrow when I’m home.

Open source is defined differently by different people. Some define it by the code being open to see for the public. Some define it by it’s license. In your case both the code is open and an open source license is used.

blank.docxi added this file by accident how do i delete a file in github

I can see you’re a bit new to it 😁. There is a button with … dots with the option to “delete” the file. Keep in mind that it will stay be retained in the history.

MiraLazine,

Haha yeah, I ended up figuring out how to delete it but kept the original text because I thought it’d be a good bit. And thanks for the info! Glad to know its like that either way

Imgonnatrythis, in Guinea Pig for sale at the local market

Pretty genius. Should sell more pets this way and cut out the pet-store middleman altogether.

menemen, in This nail polish comes with a built in swatch
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What is a swatch?

I_Fart_Glitter,

A color sample, usually for paint or fabric. Those cards at the hardware store with all the paint colors, the books at the carpet store with all the samples of color and texture options, online fabric stores will send you collections of swatches before you buy yardage.

menemen,
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Thx

superduperenigma,

A small sample of a color. Paint stores, for example, have color swatches that are small squares of paper in the colors they offer so you can bring them home and see how they look in the room you’re painting before making a purchase. In this case, it’s a fake nail in the color of the polish so you can see what your hand would look like with a nail that color before buying it.

Camilo,

TIL That looks like a useful word to know, and a good concept to keep in mind for consumers

menemen,
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Thx

Guadin, in Wild Pigs of Europe Are Highly Radioactive
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Frustrating title. It's not the wild boars of Europe, but of (per the article) Germany and Austria. And they actually talk mostly/only about Germany and Bavaria.

steinwueste,

Eastern regions of Bavaria. Same goes for mushrooms. Boars shot in that region get tested for contamination. Everywhere else wild game is the best meat.

raptir, in How geologists collect lava

Personally I would scoop the lava away from myself but I’m no volcanologist.

GladiusB,
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With that statement it’s apparent

Franzia, in How geologists collect lava

OP this is not mildly interesting, it is fascinating.

GravelPieceOfSword, in Hieroglyphic Nest in the Temple of Edfu, Egypt
Kolanaki, in One of the claims on this Belvita packaging only appears in English
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Is it the no colors or preservatives bit?

I kinda wonder if it’s the only one omitted because the non-english places also wouldn’t have foods that use artificial colors or preservatives.

virku,

You are correct. Not sure about the reasoning though.

detun3d,

Now googling if english speakers perceive colors and use preservatives differently.

Nouveau_Burnswick,

This is true. Once I moved to the francosphere, I could only perceive colours and preservatives that are present, so there is no reason to tell me about colours and preservatives that are not present.

It’s takes 4-6 months to adjust.

detun3d,

Thank you. As soon as I went to Google I got distracted and ended up wasting my time on something else. Following internetiquette I’ll regard what you wrote as universal fact and won’t look back on the matter.

GenEcon,

At least in germany its prohibited to use them for specific foods. And its not allowed to advertise with things that are required by law. So advertising ‘no colors and preservatives’ wouldn’t be allowed for some products.

gibmiser, in An ice sheet collides with the shoreline

Closer to a gruesome grinding death than they realize

Imgonnatrythis, in The Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years ago

What does it take to get you very interested? This is pretty amazing to me.

DrinkBoba, in "Progress"

Amazing place! I’m from there. The Rhein is amazing and it’s a great park right next to the old district.

MaxVoltage,
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are yall ever warry of france?

DrinkBoba,

I love France they’re our EU brothers and sisters. Strong together.

Diprount_Tomato,
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Bro how can you be so cucked? I’m also from an EU country but I refuse to suck France’s cock

GentooPhysicist,

Are you French perchance? Because complaining about the French is just about the most French thing I can imagine.

Diprount_Tomato,
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Better dead than Fr*nch

RyruGrr, in In South Korea, some stores carry "one a day" bananas which are packaged in order of ripeness

I can’t tell which banana is for scale. Plaese halp

dragovaar, in in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on

Cries in American 😥

NickwithaC,
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99% “defence”

1% other

Diprount_Tomato,
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Forgot the part where the government supports monopolies

new_guy, in Rare Tri-Colored Dalmation

New captcha just dropped: is the face on this dog a human face or a dog face?

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