How to get rid of the stupid thing that slides down on the iPhone lock screen?

It's so freaking annoying! What is it even for? Sometimes I receive a notification, but when I grab my phone, I accidentally slide down, which shows the weird list of notifications, but they aren't even in any order; all I see is really old notification from like 300 days ago. When I slide up to get rid of this useless list, I can't find the notification anymore. This is really annoying cause it often happens. I have no way of knowing what the notification was. How do I get rid of this stupid feature. It doesn't even make sense! It's so frustrating!

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