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Published 23:25 20 Aug 2018 BST
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Researchers found that 1 in 5 didn't realise Europe was a continent (what?), and two thirds didn't even know there were seven continental landmasses.
Also: it gets worse!
Three percent (3%!) thought Great Britain was its own continent!
Its own continent!
Its. Own. Continent.
(Another quarter didn't know that the Antarctic was home to the South Pole.)
(Yeah.)
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The poll was conducted by British Airways and released as a sort of teaser to the A-level and GCSE results of the geography students of Great Britain.
Real figures say it all: despite 63% of believing themselves to be well-travelled, only 33% actually think they could actually pass a geography examination.
Which, judging by the above information, isn't really surprising.
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