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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Tweet from UberFacts sharing a random fact about the Vietnam War as part of school learning from Twitter.

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    Tweet explaining a helpful math hack for calculating percentages, shared as a random thing Twitter taught us.

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    Tweet showing a random fact shared on Twitter that we should have learned in school about Roman Emperor Caligula and Neptune.

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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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    Twitter post explaining different London Tube platform tilings with images showing various station designs and signage.

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    Tweet explaining the medieval origin of the cheers gesture, shared as part of random things Twitter told us we should have learned in school.

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    Tweet about snails sleeping up to three years when weather conditions are unfavorable, part of random things to learn.

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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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    Tweet from Twitter user Beth Greenway sharing a surprising fact about movie theater popcorn cost from random things learned.

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    Bhutanese monastery built on a cliff surrounded by forest, illustrating lessons from Twitter about environmental progress.

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    Tweet about photons from the sun traveling 100,000 years and chemical reactions shared, from random things Twitter taught us.

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    Tweet about Shakespeare writing plays during plague quarantine, part of random things Twitter told us to learn in school.

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    Tweet from Henry Reich sharing a random fact about pyramids and woolly mammoths on Twitter for things we should have learned in school.

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    Tweet from Anika Noni Rose explaining what to do if attacked by a gator, a key random thing Twitter told us to learn.

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    Tweet discussing how the brain processes information and the concept of experiencing the present moment, from Twitter insights.

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    Tweet about mushrooms being genetically closer to animals than plants, highlighting random things we should have learned in school.

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    Visitors viewing the Mona Lisa painting in a museum, part of random things Twitter told us we should have learned in school.

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    Tweet showing various ampersand styles, illustrating a random thing Twitter taught about language history for school knowledge.

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    Tweet highlighting a surprising fact shared on Twitter, part of random things we should have learned in school.

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    Tweet from Oonagh sharing a random fact about Salvador Dali designing the Chupa Chups wrapper, part of school lessons.

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    Tweet showing a math fact about pizza size and area, illustrating a useful counterintuitive thing from Twitter to learn in school.

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    Tweet showing a fact about time conversion, shared in a thread about random things Twitter told us to learn in school.

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    Tweet explaining how glands on the areola secrete oil that comforts a child during breastfeeding, from random things learned.

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    Tweet by Sunny Hostin sharing a random fact about chickens recognizing up to 30 distinct human faces, a school lesson insight.

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    Tweet from UberFacts stating if the sun exploded, we’d know 8 minutes and 20 seconds later, a random thing Twitter shared.

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    Tweet showing a fact shared on Twitter about American Gothic painting, part of random things we should have learned in school.

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    Tweet by user RFXOB replying with the phrase fish cough, an example of random things Twitter told us to learn in school.

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    Historical map showing Musa I of Mali, a fact shared as one of the random things Twitter told us we should have learned in school.

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    Twitter post by Rich sharing a random fact about flamingos drinking boiling water from school lessons collection.


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