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Your teacher, mom, and virtually any adult with a thoughtful mind would never approve of Twitter as a learning tool. And how would they with this whole infinite source of the not-very-serious side of the internet where memes, jokes, and burns are roaming free?

But people are proving them wrong by sharing incredible facts brought to them by Twitter that should have been put in the textbooks. From realizing the symbol “&” is a ligature for the word "et" to finding out that an 18-inch pizza has more of a good thing than two 12-inch pizzas, these are some of the facts that could have been part of my wisdom bank this whole time.

So scroll down, upvote your faves, and after you’re done with this post, check out our previous list of 30 random facts that will make you feel "today years old."

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hispanic! at the disco
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And still today, Natives are being harassed by police for protesting there peacefully. Nothing much has changed..

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Look, I am not saying we should believe all that Twitter has to offer. But it turns out, the things we were taught at school are not so innocent either. Some facts we still believe to this day are complete myths, and they had better be laid out bare before you become "today years old" to realize they aren’t true.

You probably would place a pretty high bid on the fact that Columbus discovered America. You’re not the only one. A 2005 survey showed that 85% of Americans believed Columbus discovered the continents and only 2% correctly answered that he couldn’t have discovered America because it was already inhabited by Native Americans.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Caligula declared victory and his soldiers brought back chests full of seashells as proof.

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Gareth Graham
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The London Underground maintain several stations that trains never use. They are reserved for TV and movie locations so as not to close down functioning stations

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Another fact which turns out to be a myth is the tongue map idea, which suggests that different parts of our tongues identify different kinds of tastes. However, the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste stated that “the locations of those taste buds aren't in accordance with the 'tongue map.'” And even if taste buds are indeed receptive to certain types of tastes, the difference in reality is tiny.

You've probably heard how Einstein failed math in school and was not an A student in general. It turns out, the only exam he failed was an entrance test to the Zurich Polytechnic he had to take in French, which he didn’t speak well at the time.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A small group of wooly mammoth existed on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until about 2000 B.C.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...which is perfectly logical if you have French or Latin as your first language

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Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Read a funny story about him. He used to pay meals with checks. People didn't cash them cause Dali's signature was more worthy than the pay, so he got many free meals doing so. Not sure if its true, but like this story.

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Tiny Dynamine
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know you can get free extra pizza slices if you cut your pizza into 8 pieces instead of 6? ;)

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Aisha Boudy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Googol Plex (it's a number) is so large that if u wrote each of its zeros on separate atoms in the universe, there won't be enough space to finish writing all the zeros.

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Saurin Apriliawan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My identical twin cousin just told me that, although wearing exactly the same clothes and has quite similar voice, their toddlers can still tell them apart.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how would we know? It's not like, 'Oh hey Bob, it's you - high five!' or anything. They're surly little guys.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Penguins also release air trapped beneath their feathers to boost their speed while jumping out of water. It is a very cool thing to see in person.

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Martti Laurson
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not the other side of the galaxy, but opposite side of where earth is now. The whole galaxy turns, therefore could have not been on the other side of galaxy. All stars have rotated. If a cat sits on a roomba and that makes a half turn, the cat still sits on the same spot on a roomba, but in a different location in the room, not on the other side of the roomba.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a funny story about the little pocket. One day we were at a family BBQ, my younger brother who was around six went up to my mum and asked what the small pocket was for. She said go ask Poppa, big mistake. My Poppa said it is to put condoms in, in which my brother asked what a condom is for and my Poppa replied that it is to put your w***y in. My brother walked away looking puzzled until about 10 mins late he asks “But how do you get your w***y in there”. He thought he had to put his w***y in the actual pocket.

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Amanda Reicha
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dog must be an outlier. She sometimes faces the mountains, which are to the west of where I live and sometimes faces the valley, which is to the east.

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