Okay, so I got pulled in. Jay Leno was doing one of his Man on the Street things. You know the idea. He stops a random stranger and asks, “How many toes do you have on your right foot?” You can see them thinking and they come up with a number like “25”.
I usually finish one of those feeling really smart but I have a question: How many correct answers were screened out in order to get the entertainment? Could people really be that ignorant?
My favorite on this series was “What galaxy do we live in?” When the man only looked puzzled, Leno gave a hint, “It a candy bar.” To which the man answered, “Mars”.
We will never know the real level of ignorance unless they put out a press release. Even that could be fake news.
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