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Notable historians

  1. Daniel J. Boorstin (Librarian of Congress, author of The Image and The Landmark History of the American People)
  2. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (leading French historian, “rock star of the medievalists”)
  3. Thucydides (historian of the Peloponnesian War)
  4. Edward Gibbon (“The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”)
  5. Barbara Tuchman, author of “A Distant Mirror,” “The Guns of August,” “The First Salute,” etc.
  6. William H. McNeill
  7. Francis Parkman, author of the 7-volume “France and England in North America”; the Parkman prizes awarded by the Society of American Historians are named for him.
  8. Herodotus, author of “The Histories” about the Greco-Persian Wars, known as “the Father of History”.
  9. Arnold J. Toynbee, author of the 12-volume A Study of History
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]Notable historians

  1. Daniel J. Boorstin (Librarian of Congress, author of The Image and The Landmark History of the American People)
  2. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (leading French historian, “rock star of the medievalists”)
  3. Thucydides (historian of the Peloponnesian War)
  4. Edward Gibbon (“The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”)
  5. Barbara Tuchman, author of “A Distant Mirror,” “The Guns of August,” “The First Salute,” etc.
  6. William H. McNeill
  7. Francis Parkman, author of the 7-volume “France and England in North America”; the Parkman prizes awarded by the Society of American Historians are named for him.
  8. Herodotus, author of “The Histories” about the Greco-Persian Wars, known as “the Father of History”.
  9. Arnold J. Toynbee, author of the 12-volume A Study of History
  10. Adam Ulam, expert on the Soviet Union
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Notable historians

  1. Daniel J. Boorstin (Librarian of Congress, author of The Image and The Landmark History of the American People)
  2. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (leading French historian, “rock star of the medievalists”)
  3. Thucydides (historian of the Peloponnesian War)
  4. Edward Gibbon (“The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”)
  5. Barbara Tuchman, author of “A Distant Mirror,” “The Guns of August,” “The First Salute,” etc.
  6. William H. McNeill
  7. Francis Parkman, author of the 7-volume “France and England in North America”; the Parkman prizes awarded by the Society of American Historians are named for him.
  8. Herodotus, author of “The Histories” about the Greco-Persian Wars, known as “the Father of History”.
  9. Arnold J. Toynbee, author of the 12-volume A Study of History
  10. Adam Ulam, expert on the Soviet Union
  11. Winston Churchill
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Notable historians

  1. Daniel J. Boorstin (Librarian of Congress, author of The Image and The Landmark History of the American People)
  2. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (leading French historian, “rock star of the medievalists”)
  3. Thucydides (historian of the Peloponnesian War)
  4. Edward Gibbon (“The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”)
  5. Barbara Tuchman, author of “A Distant Mirror,” “The Guns of August,” “The First Salute,” etc.
  6. William H. McNeill
  7. Francis Parkman, author of the 7-volume “France and England in North America”; the Parkman prizes awarded by the Society of American Historians are named for him.
  8. Herodotus, author of “The Histories” about the Greco-Persian Wars, known as “the Father of History”.
  9. Arnold J. Toynbee, author of the 12-volume A Study of History
  10. Adam Ulam, expert on the Soviet Union
  11. Winston Churchill
  12. Will and Ariel Durant
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Notable historians

  1. Daniel J. Boorstin (Librarian of Congress, author of The Image and The Landmark History of the American People)

  2. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (leading French historian, “rock star of the medievalists”)

  3. Thucydides (historian of the Peloponnesian War)

  4. Edward Gibbon (“The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”)

  5. Barbara Tuchman, author of “A Distant Mirror,” “The Guns of August,” “The First Salute,” etc.

  6. William H. McNeill

  7. Francis Parkman, author of the 7-volume “France and England in North America”; the Parkman prizes awarded by the Society of American Historians are named for him.

  8. Herodotus, author of “The Histories” about the Greco-Persian Wars, known as “the Father of History”.

  9. Arnold J. Toynbee, author of the 12-volume A Study of History

  10. Adam Ulam, expert on the Soviet Union

  11. Winston Churchill

  12. Will and Ariel Durant

  13. Stephen Ambrose, popular WW2 historian
    Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  14. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid

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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.

Er… no. I keep running into adults who believe this. And by “keep running into”, I mean two or three people have repeated this to me over the past 20+ years. :wink:

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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.

Even in the 1970s this was disproven, but my 4th grade teacher swore it was true and was due to Eve being made from Adam’s rib.

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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.
  9. Pluto was a planet
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.
  9. Pluto was a planet
  10. It sure was a good thing Andrew Johnson was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.

As to #9: http://rlv.zcache.com/we_had_nine_planets_coffee_mug-r74f7eae690244a83bbfc83ec3e9e31e1_x7jgr_8byvr_324.jpg

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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.
  9. Pluto was a planet
  10. It sure was a good thing Andrew Johnson was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.
  11. There are four types of tastebuds, and each type occupies specific and separate parts of the tongue.
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.
  9. Pluto was a planet
  10. It sure was a good thing Andrew Johnson was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.
  11. There are four types of tastebuds, and each type occupies specific and separate parts of the tongue.
  12. Pandas may LOOK like bears, but they’re really in the raccoon family
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid
  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto
  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.
  4. The planet is getting colder.
  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.
  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.
  8. Women have one more rib than men.
  9. Pluto was a planet
  10. It sure was a good thing Andrew Johnson was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.
  11. There are four types of tastebuds, and each type occupies specific and separate parts of the tongue.
  12. Pandas may LOOK like bears, but they’re really in the raccoon family
  13. Dr, Samuel Mudd was an innocent surgeon sent to prison for doing his job and treating an injured man he did not recognize

He not only recognized Booth, he had plotted with him previously and he intentionally misdirected Federal soldiers.

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Famous pets of famous people:

  1. Fala, FDR’s Scottie
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Things You Learned In School That Have Since Been Refuted/Seriously Challenged

  1. Dinosaurs were cold-blooded and stupid

  2. The Solar System ended at Pluto

  3. Protons, Neutrons, and electrons are the smallest particles.

  4. The planet is getting colder.

  5. The universe is 25+ billion years old.

  6. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.

  7. Oil came from dinosaurs.

  8. Women have one more rib than men.

  9. Pluto was a planet

  10. It sure was a good thing Andrew Johnson was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.

  11. There are four types of tastebuds, and each type occupies specific and separate parts of the tongue.

  12. Pandas may LOOK like bears, but they’re really in the raccoon family

  13. Christopher Columbus was a great hero
    Surnames of cartoon characters

  14. Andrews (Archie)

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Famous pets of famous people:

  1. Fala, FDR’s Scottie

  2. Checkers, Nixon’s dog
    Surnames of cartoon characters

  3. Andrews (Archie)

  4. Funnie (Doug)

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Famous pets of famous people:

  1. Fala, FDR’s Scottie
  2. Checkers, Nixon’s dog
  3. Blondi, Hitler’s German Shepherd

Surnames of cartoon characters

  1. Andrews (Archie)
  2. Funnie (Doug)
  3. Rogers (Shaggy from Scooby Doo)

His real first name is Norville