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Is Our Children Learning Sex Ed?

Thursday April 3, 2008

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Does swallowing a capful of bleach prevent HIV/AIDS? Sadly, some Florida teenagers think so.

Several Florida lawmakers are calling for sweeping changes in the Sunshine State's abstinence-only sex education in wake of the survey, which also indicated that some kids think Mountain Dew (and marijuana) prevents pregnancy.

This news comes just a day after police arrested third graders in a plot to handcuff and attack attack their teacher.

In another shocker, parents in Kansas have registered kids as young as six year olds in a Little League for Ultimate Fighting.

Read more weird education stories.

Related: Mountain Dew as a Contraceptive

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