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coldtea on Dec 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most...

I've actually tried it with people.

And in US-own media, I've seen people unable to name the vice president, think Africa is a country, not know the 50 states, and all kinds of things.

AmericanChopper on Dec 22, 2018 | [–]

This is really just your own confirmation bias. I’ve travelled quite a lot, and can assure you that everywhere you go, you’ll find people that lack knowledge that you think is common place.

masonic on Dec 23, 2018 | [–]

Like Barack Obama's assertion that the USA has 58+ states?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/57-states/

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