30 Random Things Twitter Told Us That We Should Have Learned In School

Fair enough

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! 😂😂😂

Poor Vietnamese.

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

Also, in China, Chinese food is called 'food'

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.

Next shocking news: "Frech Fries" aren't called that in France.

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.

As it should be!

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

uh huh

True, and they don't talk about it.

I think not, it is "The Great Liberation War"

When I'm in HS they will probably teach us this

Of course it is!

What else would they call it?

You don´t say

Was that conflict ever declared as a "war"?

Uh...duh

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Always though as "War at Vietnam"

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

I am just confuzzled.

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

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

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/of-drinks-and-clinks/

I wish people could do that

Printer ink can cost up to $5000 per 1 liter. (0.26 US Gallon)

Let's just ignore the human rights abuses suffered by the Nepali minority group...

Well aren't we all special.

Well...there is no internet in 1600s, guys must be bored

One more reason not to display babyb skulls in your house

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

I'm in Estonia, so I'm good

I used to know this...

The earth is secretly ruled by mushrooms and cats

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

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

It is hard to imagine millions of years----

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Well I guess it would be useless to know anyway 😬

Amy Schumer time travelling again?

And some people never develop beyond that point !!!

They should stop smoking.

Eat your heart out Jeff Bezos with your meager $178.1Billion...

Just wondering where would a flamingo get boiling water?

5th cousins is a really large gap as far as genetics is concerned.

So do kangaroos, wombats and Tasmanian tigers!

It sounds like she was Dutch.

Now years old.

...or Chomolungma (by Tibetans),