Eleven folly that Americans believe

Site The Daily Dot published a list of eleven stupid things many Americans believe. The list includes misconceptions that at least 30% of US residents believe to be true. Conclusions were made on the basis of many surveys.

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1. A third of Americans are absolutely sure that people with a homosexual orientation are able to become heterosexual if they want to.

2. Thirty percent of Americans do not know in which year the September 11 tragedy took place, and they are quite surprised to learn that in the 2001 year.

3. Thirty percent of Americans firmly believe that their work really matters to society and even to the whole world. And it does not depend on the profession.

4. Three out of ten Americans are absolutely sure that the Bible is literally the word of God, that is, that God himself wrote it.

5. Thirty-three percent of Americans do not believe that humans appeared on Earth as a result of evolution.

6. Thirty percent of US residents consider medical care too expensive, so they prefer not to seek medical help at all.

7. Twenty-nine percent of Americans believe that the citizens of the country already have so many personal firearms that the time has come for an armed revolution.

8. Most Americans believe that global warming is a natural change on our planet.

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9. Many US residents are confident that real news can be found on Facebook. At the same time, thirty percent of respondents admitted that they had never seen a single “friend” from this social network.

10. Only seventy-one percent of Americans could find the Pacific Ocean on a world map. The rest said he wasn't there.

11. Many Americans believe that another war in Iraq is a good idea.

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