• halvar@lemy.lol
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    2 months ago

    I remember learning about these in first grade and the explanation we got was “the beak of the little chick is pointing towards the bigger number” and I can’t stress how much more confusing an explaination that is compared to the crocodile. Picture the following scene:

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    Yes that’s a bird shut up. Observe the beak. Where is it pointing in this case? That’s right, it’s pointing the wrong way. Why did they choose this stupid explaination? Who knooooows