George Washington was a military genius. There are five total human senses. Kids should consume eleven servings of grain a day to stay healthy.

You might remember learning some of these concepts in school, but what do they have in common? They’re all myths! The Atlantic wrote a five-episode Facebook Watch series to debunk these and other common misconceptions taught in schools across the United States. Like a design-savvy Sherlock and Watson, Slanted Studios & Mean Flow were brought on the case to visually veto some of these tall tales.

For each episode we combined stop-motion elements, motion graphics, and archival footage to cast a critical eye over faulty food pyramids, misguided school schedules, and other deep-seated misconceptions. To learn more about the myths you might have committed to memory, follow The Atlantic: School Myths on Facebook.