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9. This is nothing!

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 08:40 AM

Apr 2012

My downstairs neighbor didn't know who the 1st president of the US was.

"Lincoln?" he said.

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Twitter Backlash for People Who Did Not Know ‘Titanic’ Was Real [View all] cali Apr 2012 OP

... SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #1

a bunch of these were on failblog Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #2

The knowledge of history keeps diminishing hlthe2b Apr 2012 #3

If WW I was The War to End... meaculpa2011 Apr 2012 #12

Because that name became nonfunctional n/t JHB Apr 2012 #15

It was called The Great War. TransitJohn Apr 2012 #16

cali Diclotican Apr 2012 #5

My kids know what the Titanic is titaniumsalute Apr 2012 #6

your home environment? are they readers? cali Apr 2012 #7

Probably a combination of school and home titaniumsalute Apr 2012 #13

Pretty soon our kids won't know about Thomas Jefferson, who was a real secondwind Apr 2012 #8

This is nothing! AlbertCat Apr 2012 #9

It must have been real, H2O Man Apr 2012 #10

I'm not surprised. HappyMe Apr 2012 #11

I wonder how many of the people who know the ship was real Orangepeel Apr 2012 #14

My kid, in early 80's,. maxed his history test because... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #18