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

People cannot push and pull correctly when it is written on the doors, it is too much to expect to remember difference between push n pull when in panic.

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

I am 100% sure that when I am being attacked by an alligator, I will remember this random tweet.

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

Very unlikely to happen here in the Czech Republic, but a good to know life hack in any case

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

Also, they have immensely powerful jaws for chomping but NOT for opening, so, you can quite literally hold their mouths shut

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Grumble O'Pug
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, that will be the first thing on my mind. Fact: horses will push into pain instinctively, just as above they evolved to push into predators to hurt or dislodge them.

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

I knew this for a reason, which is a very useless thing to know living in Canada 🤷🏻‍♀️

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

But what if you are on land and there is no water for it to drown in? Hold on there, Sir Alligator, while I go and get a cup of water to drown you with.

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

Because we love pushing our hands against teeth with a jaw stronger than our own. Fun fact: you can’t bite through denim (zombie apocalypse kids).

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

yeah like i'm going to remember this if a gator is eating me.

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

I live in Australia, but surprise surprise...there aren't many unless you go swimming in lakes up north...please don't think the signs lie. they do not.

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

I always push when something has my arm. I figure I might reach a prize.

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

I'll try to remember that. 'Now, was it 'push, don't pull' or was it 'pull, don't push'? Or was it 'panic and get eaten'?"

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

If I ever find myself with my arm in the jaws of a gator I will try to remember this..

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

Yeah, I don't think I'll be able to remember that in the heat of the moment.

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

Aye, and I'm sure you'll remember that instead of panicking because a fonking alligator has just bitten you arm😂

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

How about if you're attacked by someone from an Ivy League school?

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

How are you going to push with it's teeth locked into your arm?

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Nothanks L. Walk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another nonsense post. The thing stopping you from withdrawing your arm is biteforce, which works just as powerfully against you pushing your arm further in as it does against you pulling it out.

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

It takes very little pressure to keep them from opening their mouths in the first place...all their power is directed to closing (snap!) their jaws.

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

Good to know, even in the Northwest. I'm trying now to figure out if it will help with other critters

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

The key is to let those gators go where they need to go and stay out of the way. Also limit the amount of rotting chicken you carry with you. They really like that.

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

Its called a Uvula. And grabbing the tongue will probably work too. or the soft palate in the jaw. In humans, if you touch the soft palate they often gag.

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

I'll try to remember that next time I'm visiting the gator farm.

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

Actually, this is a defense tactic taught if you are bitten by a person minus the water and drowning.

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

Good luck doing that while he goes into the death roll with your arm in his mouth.

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I already know how to react to most creatures attacking me. Bear: don't run wave ur arms and if it charges shove your arm down its throat. Shark: if you can't escape punch it rapidly in the eye Kobold: use a damp towel to combat there fire and slowly move towards them and wrap them in it. If there is more than one run for your life Kapta or something? I forget the name but it's a Chinese water demon: bow. They are very respectful and will bow back, losing the necessary water in th dent in there heads and they will run screaming back to the water.

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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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Tiny Dynamine
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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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Aisha Boudy
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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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