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Old 21-February-2005, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Serpens
The person in question in commonly known as Mikołaj Kopernik. I just used the name Copernicus here because of language purposes.
There was something I didn't know, I thought Copernicus was his true name. If someone asked me about Kopernik I wouldn't know who they were talking about. Learn something new every day . . .

Shows or news articles about our ability to recognize famous historical figures crops up in North America every year or so, usually in an attempt to make a point about poor educational standards. Whenever they do such a survey, usually asking about George Washington, Lincoln . . . etc, they never get 100% correct responses.
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