“Bob Geldof discovered gravity”
A new study of 5,000 children reveals that some children believe Bob Geldof discovered gravity and the Somme is a world famous painting, the Daily Telegraph reports.
One in 20 picked former Boom Town Rats singer Geldof instead of Sir Isaac Newton when asked to name the man who discovered gravity. And 12 per cent of youngsters thought the Somme was a famous painting, rather than the site of the bloodiest battle of the First World War.
The research also found over half did not realise Stonehenge was in Wiltshire, with alternative answers including Herefordshire, Somerset and even Wales.
A quarter did not know William Shakespeare wrote King Lear and nearly two thirds did not know when the slave trade was abolished in Britain. One in ten weren’t aware that Winston Churchill was Prime Minister during the Second World War.
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