One third of Russians believe Sun revolves around earth

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A recent survey in Russia came up with this startling fact: 32 percent of Russians believe the Earth is the center of the Solar system. As well the survey found that 55 percent believe that all radioactivity is man-made and 29 percent believe the first humans lived when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. Makes you wonder what the schools are teaching there.

On the bright side the survey has a 3.4-percent margin of error, which could bring that first number down to a heartening 28.6 percent!

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