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MikeLemon t1_j20mkx8 wrote

Reply to comment by RingGiver in Whoever first observed the red-eyes camera flash effect must have thought the subject of the photo was possessed or something. by StaleTheBread

Based on the "8th grade test from 1895" (I think that is the year) that is floating around the internet, I think it is fair to say modern day people are the stupid ones.

Found it-

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/p_test/1895_Eightgr_test.htm

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wombey12 t1_j212y2d wrote

>A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?

At least one, probably.

>Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe.

Morse is that detective off the TV, Whitney was that woman who wants to dance with somebody, Penn is that magician who works with Teller, Howe is the former manager of AFC Bournemouth.

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InfernalRodent t1_j21gx3y wrote

Morse- Invented the telegraph,hence Morse Code

Whitney- Cotton gin,would have tanked the South's economy if they hadn't done it with the war

Fulton-No idea

Lincoln-President

Penn-No idea

Howe-No idea

The fact I remember any of that would shock my teachers I'm sure.

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MikeLemon t1_j21yenu wrote

Penn- Pennsylvania, Howe might be General George Howe (no idea what he did), and I want to say Fulton invented something.

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