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minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 hours ago“1066 Battle of Hastings 1096 First Crusade 1120 Sinking of the White Ship 1153 Treaty of Westminster…” Etched into my brain for 25 years for absolutely no reason
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 hours agoAnd the amount of time dedicated to ox-bow lakes. Where are they all? You’d think every second meander would be an ox-bow lake by now, but I’ve never even seen one. I think geography teachers made them up and hoped nobody would ever check.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoI have always simply refused to memorize anything.
“1066 Battle of Hastings
1096 First Crusade
1120 Sinking of the White Ship
1153 Treaty of Westminster…”
Etched into my brain for 25 years for absolutely no reason
And the amount of time dedicated to ox-bow lakes. Where are they all? You’d think every second meander would be an ox-bow lake by now, but I’ve never even seen one.
I think geography teachers made them up and hoped nobody would ever check.
I have always simply refused to memorize anything.