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What was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's also not the reason church windows are thicker at the bottom, a common myth that my ex-colleague with a PhD in polymer chemistry(!) somehow bought into

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Glass not being a polymer still does suggest they're talking out of turn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Not a polymer but an amorphous solid like many polymers; I believe she popped that nugget while explaining crystallinity and glass transitions. She was quite knowledgeable otherwise but that little false factoid must have slipped through.