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

Because if they didn't play along they would be killed in a most sadistic way. Caligula often said: "I can do anything to anybody. That's my right."

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

Hmmm, this sounds rather similar to something a current leader of country says. Something along the lines of "I can do whatever I want as President".

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

I imagined a bunch of Roman Legions marching up to the ocean and then being told by their superiors that the water was the enemy and they needed to defeat it.

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

Right? It just sort of rolls off the tongue but doesn't. And feels naughty but really isn't. It sounds like fancy writing plus the act of making lady bits happy plus the name of that thing that hangs down in the back of your throat.

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Xan A. Du
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kind of like what is happening today. Trump bad. Must destroy. [everyone scurries along]

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Martha Meyer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, he WAS completely bonkers. At least this one, unlike his other crazy ideas, didn't hurt anyone.

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

We won! Thank you all. We pulverized our enemy. I could see all the blood, radiating out from his dying body. ... It was either that or the fish that Charles accidentally stabbed.

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

"What did he want us to do, again?" "Don't argue, he's the emperor."

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

Yes, Caligula was crazy. When I showed students a bust of Caligula, their comments were "He's kinda hot."

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

The Roman Emperor Constantin decleared they had converted to christianity once and later forced that "christianity"on Europe. It was a hoax, a hedonic mix with some Bible in it and the world has been fooled since

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Tom Susala
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After the battle, they filmed an epically awful movie with that jerk who used to own Penthouse Magazine...

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Dorothy Cloud
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can believe that. Just look at the idiots today. They're basically doing the same thing.

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Randy Klefbeck
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was a serious nut job as emperors go. It is believed he suffered from some genetic disease. Julius Cesar apparently had epilepsy. Caligula declared himself a god at some point.

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

Caligula was also considered an insane tyrant so in that case this makes more sense

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

Didn’t he also elect his horse to a seat on some council. And bang his mom. And sister.

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Bonnie North
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could see this happening at a political rally today - you know the ones!

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

Caligula was more than a little batsh*t crazy too. Gore Vidal wrote a very good book about him- the movie that was made of it in 1979? Not so much.

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April Cast
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That definitely sounds like an average guy's experience in life.

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

It is believed it was a form of humiliation and discipline. He may have been brutal but he wasn't too crazy.

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

@ElusiveIntrovert That's hilarious, because that's the first imagine that popped in my head 😂

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

You know what? I’ve been close. Stupid sea tide came and yoinked away a pretty shell. Darn thing didn’t come back.

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

Caligula also allegedly committed incest (hmmm, sounds like a famous blonde-haired sibling on "Game of Thrones"), was unusually fond of his horse Incitatus, and fed his prisoners to wild animals. What a great guy!

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

Whilst King Canute was nearby trying to stop the tide. Which, even though it probably didn't happen, he was actually proving that even though he was a King, even himself could not stop the tide.

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

maybe people from USA shouldnt get to answer. They dont get taught alot

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

Maybe people from the USA shouldn't get to answer. They don't get taught a lot.

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

She’s also small and behind a ton of protection. She’s beyond amazing.

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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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