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What did I find astonishing?

February 20, 2014

Did you know that 25% of Americans do not know that the earth orbits the sun? This finding is from a recent NSF survey on scientific literacy.

Ref: Discovery News via Maggie’s Farm.

I could not find that survey, but I did find this one from the PEW Research Center.

How did you do?

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