I have always simply refused to memorize anything.
Comment on earth, fire, water, wind - it's not hard
tetris11@feddit.uk 21 hours ago“1066 Battle of Hastings
1096 First Crusade
1120 Sinking of the White Ship
1153 Treaty of Westminster…”
Etched into my brain for 30 years for absolutely no reason
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 20 hours ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
And the amount of time dedicated to ox-bow lakes. Where are they all? You’d think every second meander would be an ox-bow lake by now, but I’ve never even seen one.
I think geography teachers made them up and hoped nobody would ever check.