A FIELD GUIDE TO OUTDATED KNOWLEDGE

Your textbooks
owe you an update.

Science moved on. History got fuller. Pluto had a whole situation. Tell us when you graduated and we’ll find the facts most likely left behind in your locker.

CLASS OF

High school, give or take a few years. We’re not checking diplomas.

28researched corrections
5subject areas
0pop quizzes

Knowledge changes. That’s a feature, not a failure.

YOUR OUTDATED CURRICULUM

Class of 2006,
here’s what changed.

Your K–12 window 1994—2006
Updates after graduation
Best era match

28 likely classroom holdovers

THE FINE PRINT

“Probably” is
doing real work here.

We don’t know what your exact teacher said. We do know when evidence shifted, when institutions updated their guidance, and which myths have stubbornly survived in classrooms.

01

We estimate your school years

Your graduation year minus 12 gives us a rough K–12 window.

02

We compare the timeline

Facts updated during or after that window rank higher for you.

03

We show our sources

Every card links to the institution, paper, or museum behind the correction.

This is a researched conversation starter, not a claim about every school or country. “Updated in” marks a major discovery, ruling, or public correction—not the day every textbook caught up.

THE GOOD NEWS?

Being wrong is how
knowledge gets better.

Run another year