I made a website where you select the decade you graduated high school and see what facts you learned growing up that have since been disproven.

Remember when Pluto was still a planet? Or when Czechoslovakia was still an official country? Remember when your mom told you to not swim right after eating or else you'd get cramps and drown?

Here's the first version of the website collecting facts and myths you were taught as a kid that either evolved or was debunked! Check out the "Everyday Life" section for those old wives' tales and urban legends a lot of us, including myself, were taught as kids by family or friends. Writing that section triggered a lot of nostalgia for the early 2000s when I was spending a lot of time with extended family who taught me half those things.

Everybody was taught different things depending on what community/region you're from, so the site’s content may not reflect what YOU were actually taught. If it’s featured, it’s because it was reported as taught by multiple individuals or is documented as a commonly taught myth.

At this time, the content doesn’t vary THAT much between different decades because I don’t have a lot of data beyond what I can find online on what people were taught. That’s why it needs user submissions! You can also leave comments on each topic so other users can learn your perspective.

Looking forward to learning what facts you were actually taught and what facts evoke nostalgic moments!