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history lesson

n. a less in the facts of history

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History Lesson

"History Lesson" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949.

The two-part story speculates on the cooling of the Sun as a doomsday scenario for Earth and an evolutionary advent for Venus.

Usage examples of "history lesson".

The big boss, who had talked to us through most of the history lesson the day before, was Andrew Jackson Wallichinsky.

Thank you, Mole, now perhaps we'd better get on with the history lesson meant for this period.

Savage to provide you with the history lesson you should have been taught in high school while your hat was on backwards?

That week there was a fine film being shown about Clive of India, and as the first form were then doing the same period with Miss Lewis in the history lesson, they all made up their minds to see it.

The whole form were in their places as quiet as mice when Miss Kennedy came in to give them their usual history lesson.