Ok, resurrecting and old forum acronym/thread "What I Learned Today"...

... because this is a shocker. Can you believe, Australia doesn't have Amazon yet ?!!

Many of us use the UK and US versions, better than anything Australia could manage.

They tried. The first orders were boomerangs but they all went back.

Last week I met someone who had never heard of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", nor The Underground Railroad.

Technically, that not something you 'learned' but it's likely something the other person learned.

I can't say I know much about either of those two stories (?) although I have heard of the first one.

Given the miserable pace of continental drift these days, I'm not surprised.

I thought Uncle Tom's Cabin would be common knowledge even if you have read the book. The Underground Railroad isn't a book but a part of Canadian history and I'm surprised, very surprised that it wasn't taught in Canadian schools. If it were taught then Uncle Tom's Cabin would have been too.

Amazon.gondwanaland?

I learned yesterday that there are (born & bred) Canadians who do not know that French is an official language in Canada.

I think that could be in the Things you didn't know but should have done, or are about to find out thread.

I did think about crossposting

I'm outraged

I remember LeVar Burton doing a children's program on PBS about the Underground Railroad. I can still remember one of the songs the slaves sang to teach others what route to take.