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whimsicalism on Aug 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: 2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate ...

i was also taught this in school, despite it being bizarrely obviously wrong?

acuozzo on Aug 4, 2025 [–]

It's a popular meme in education just like the idea of barter being some pre-currency "natural state" of exchange which also falls apart under scrutiny.

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