There may be a large group of Americans who do not recall information from school, but it certainly is not true that 'hardly anyone' knows anything about life or the people outside of the U.S. (which is what I understood you to say). You are stereotyping.
>But, the weird stuff (being specific with USA) is how generalized is this behavior on aliens cultures.. Hardly to know a person that know something beyond their borders..
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