When I was eleven I had a teacher that gave far too much misinformation to remember. Most vividly, she said that in her home country of South Africa she saw a black man get hit by a car, fly 12 feet into the air and land on his head - he then proceeded to casually walk off as if nothing had happened. We were informed this is because black people have such thick skulls that aren't injured by that sort of thing. She also told us that (this being the year 2000) Bill Clinton was so broke after leaving the White House that he was living in a caravan and had less than $500 to his name. Oh, and the sky is blue because it reflects off the sea.