School officials in Cobb County, Georgia, ripped reproductions of the famous 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware from fifth-grade history books because, as a school principal explained it, a watch fob resting on the general's thigh looked suspiciously like "George Washington's private part."

Officials in Muscogee County dealt with the same problem simply by painting over the offending detail. "We said some kids will never even notice it, but there's always going to be the one or two who are going to get everything started," explained an administrator.

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