Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?message-squaremessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down11
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squareLouSlash@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days ago Some supermarkets has calculators built into their carts wat
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 days agoTiny photocell powered calculators used to be everywhere. There were “thin” ones to fit in your Costanza sized wallet, Mousepads with them built in, and my wristwatch in 6th grade had one with tiny rubber keys. It was a magical time till be alive. 5318008
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoYep, back in the 90s they were in some places. My local supermarket had one like this, except without the annoying ad on the left side.
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Tiny photocell powered calculators used to be everywhere. There were “thin” ones to fit in your Costanza sized wallet, Mousepads with them built in, and my wristwatch in 6th grade had one with tiny rubber keys.
It was a magical time till be alive. 5318008
Yep, back in the 90s they were in some places. My local supermarket had one like this, except without the annoying ad on the left side.