"Wasn't Joan of Ark Noah's wife?"

I recall once reading in a book of actual statements from student papers collected by a teacher that "Martin Luther died a horrible death. He was excommunicated by a bull." Another student quoted in the book identified Joan of Arc as indicated by the title of this post.

Uwe Siemon-Netto herein reflects on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and on the need for a return to an awareness of history (and geography).

The only encouraging thing about the picture he paints is that it seems that it's not only American young people (and adults) who are clueless in these areas.

Meanwhile, The Onion reports on a related matter.