USA! USA! USA!

The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004).
The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004).
Twenty percent of Americans think the sun orbits the earth. Seventeen percent believe the earth revolves around the sun once a day (The Week, Jan. 7, 2005).

Funny thing is, where are the statistics for the same shit about europeans. I bet if you asked all those welsh the same questions they'd be like giving you all the wrong answers. Don't get me started with eastern europe.