8 Untrue facts you probably believe

[Gael]

Time to rethink everything you learned in the third grade.

http://uk.screen.yahoo.com/8-untrue-facts-probably-believe-185948777.html

 

[Warrigal]

:lol: None of those 'facts' featured in my third grade education at all.

 

[Gael]

:lol: None of those 'facts' featured in my third grade education at all.

And you're the better for it!:bigwink:

 

[Warrigal]

Remember learning about Simon de Montfort and the Venerable Bede in Grade 5.
No idea why.

 

[Falcon]

Also; Otis did not invent the elevator. But he DID invent the braking system that would stop the elevator car in

the event that the cables broke. (Remember the old Ripley series, "Believe it or Not" ?)

 

[Davey Jones]

I dont know how you people do it but I have no memory of the third grade.

 

[Gael]

I dont know how you people do it but I have no memory of the third grade.

:lofl:

 

[SifuPhil]

The one about life expectancy in medieval England is wrong ... the average life span was between 30-35 years. This was because infant mortality rates were so high, they skewed the stats - if you survived until your mid-teens then you could expect to live to your 40's or 50's.