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[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to say the same thing to my highschool history teacher. Little did I know, it would help me later on. I'm not talking about pointless dates - it's the lessons that matter.

One can't know everything, but knowing some of it enables us to prevent the mistakes that we would have made otherwise.