Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong? - eviltoast
    • @piecat@lemmy.world
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      216 months ago

      It was safe to burn batteries when they were made of zinc.

      Modern battery chemistry is the problem there

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      16 months ago

      It was somewhat safe when there were like 2 billion people on the planet. Not so much when there’s 8 billion.

    • Magnor
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      16 months ago

      All sane people know you should eat batteries, damn it!