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What were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong? (lemmy.world)

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I thought lizards lived everywhere, and didn't know until I was 18 that Oregon was on the west coast of the US, I thought California ended where Washington started and that Oregon was inland (we did not have geography in school).

When I finally went to college as an adult I took a world geography class as an elective because I felt so incredibly ignorant. Now, even years later I can help my kids with geography, quite a bit of it actually stuck.

[-] pahlimur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I've always lived in Oregon. You would be surprised how many people think it's only California and Washington on the west coast. About a dozen different people in various MMOs have had the same confusion.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I learned that the lowest point in Canada is a hair farther south than the most northern part of California

And that 50% of Canada lives below the 49th parallel

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