These People Followed Instructions A Bit Too Literally

An Old-Timey Screenshot

Technology is hard! It's especially hard for those who haven't grown up with it. The person who posted this photo said that they had asked their Great Aunt to take a screenshot of something, so she decided to copy it and fax it over. That works. 

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The More You Know

  • Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
  • It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
  • The Netherlands has the tallest population.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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