• Flying Squid
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    1711 months ago

    Yep. I was in elementary school in the 80s, so, of course, all of their encyclopedias were from the early 70s and had all kinds of out-of-date information.

    Wikipedia may be untrustworthy at times, but at least they try to keep things up to date if there’s a major change- like a country no longer exists- the encyclopedias and our globe both showed Vietnam as a divided country.

    • TheHarpyEagle
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      211 months ago

      Wikipedia updates to use the past tense within seconds of a celebrity death, I trust them to keep up with most stuff.