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submitted 3 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember this being a thing. Well, it wasn't a thing, but parents and teachers thought it was.

[–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah I remember we would joke about it as if it were real because of the ridiculous rumors but I didn't know that anyone actually believed it.