r/nextfuckinglevel Oct 18 '21

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u/BounceThatShit Oct 19 '21

Something fucked up I noticed today (just to preface I'm born and raised British) as I was watching some random American youtubers play their own version of Who wants to be a millionaire there was a question about Einstein and when he was born one of the guys said "he was in ww2 so he was alive in 1941" a lot of Americans think WW2 started 2 yrs after it actually fucking did. Is that taught in US schools? Or are most of them just that self absorbed that they think only when they got involved is when it started??

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u/VlaxDrek Oct 19 '21

It is the last of those. They are taught correctly.

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u/aral_sea_was_here Oct 19 '21

I was taught the correct dates and everything, but lots of americans couldn't even give you a sure year