25 Things You Learned in School That Aren’t Actually True

by Alex Cogen

11.

I had a female teacher in grade 11 health teach us that guys can’t pee with a erection, I told her she was wrong and she argued with me.

12.

Go to the best college that you can get into regardless of the cost, because your career earnings will always be enough to cover it.

13.

I learned that when humans were still hunter-gatherers, one of the ways they hunted was digging deep holes in the ground, setting it up with spikes and then luring mammoths in those holes. Years later I saw a little article in the newspaper that this wouldn’t have been possible, simply because it’s not exactly easy to dig a deep enough hole in the ground without modern tools.

14.

Christopher Columbus proved the world was round.

15.

That gum will stay in your stomach for 7 years if you’ll swallow it.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.