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

By this logic wouldn’t this make most wars nowadays “the American war”?

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

This fact is what got me into the rabbit hole of government propaganda. After learning this, around 13 yo, I thought to myself, "what else are they lying about?". AND OHHH BOY! 😂😂😂

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

Me too! And led me to realize the winners get to write the history. For example, if lions were in charge, the statue of the lion and the man would have the lion on top, victorious.

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

WWII is also referred to as the Great Patriotic War in East Europe ;)

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

As a European, never heard of it. You learn something new every day... In my country "patriotic war" refers to the post Yugoslavian war of the 1990s.

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

In russia the learned about "ocupation of czechoslovakia" as a "rescuing czechoslovakia"

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

I also learned that it was never officially declared a "war" but was official a Police Action. Please, give me some links if I am wrong about this. For real. I'm not being sarcastic here - I'm really interested what the real story is.

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

This is actually only half true. The real name of the war in Vietnam is "The War of American Hostility." I visited Saigon a few years ago and learned all about it at their museum.

Chris Challis
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

US took control of South East Asia drug trade. Anywhere they invade is to their advantage, financial, or other. Stupid Australian government sends our troops to follow them wherever.into their obscene invasions.

Chris Challis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes, America took control of South East Asia drug trade. Stupid Australian government sent our troops there as we do what US says....anywhere US invades is to their financial advantage one way or another.

R S
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yup, it wouldf have been no war if not fot the US of A

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

And technically, I believe it was a "police action" because Johnson never actually declared war.

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

Is amazing - I knew an American Marine and he told me that the Vietnam War was 'because' of Australia. Even though they were there fighting first - smh

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

Actually the translation of Vietnamese name for this war is: War Against Americans, not American War. Dont believe everything Twitter says please.

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

Wow. It was never declared a war. Everyone here is massively wrong, as usual.

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

It’s one of those things that is obvious when you say it, but I’ve never thought about. Also, Australia was involved in the war also, but I guess it was because of American peer pressure, so I guess the name still holds up...

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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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    Whitehart
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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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    chi-wei shen
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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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    Shelp
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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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    littlesaresare
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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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    Foxxy (The Original)
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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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