‘53’ States? This Video of Teens Failing Miserably at a Civics Quiz Is So Depressing It’s Funny

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - Did you know that “bin Laden” is the vice president of the United States, or that the Civil War led to America’s independence? How about that Canada’s a state?

Well, that’s what some local students at (what appears to be) a Washington state high school think. In a video that’s probably a few hours from going viral, a young man decided to question classmates for a video called “Lunch Scholars.” It is anything 'but' scholarly.