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How many children in MoldovaAn Eastern European country with a population of 2.5 million. It is a former Soviet republic. go to school? How many South Koreans are worried about climate change?

Can you guess the answers to these questions?

The chances are that you got the answers wrong. Three in every four people who are asked these questions do. This means that humans are worse at answering these questions than monkeys, which would have a one in three chance of getting a question with three possible answers right.

Experts blame social media. They say it fills our heads with ideas about the world that are not true. We read only small bits of information on lots of topics, but we never read lots about one thing.

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People with extremeVery great, or beyond what is expected. ideas online get lots of attention. Their ideas are often shared more widely than the true facts. This means that we tend to think that the world is much worse than it actually is.

Most people think that only half of Moldova's children go to school. In fact, nine in every ten do.

Some think the truth is making a comeback. Social media companies are not doing as well as in the past. More people are choosing not to use social media at all, or simply spend less time online.

Yes! Most people today know that the things we read on social media are not always true. And more people are choosing not to take part.

No! However hard they try to stay away, most people always return to social media. The false stories are here to stay.

Moldova - An Eastern European country with a population of 2.5 million. It is a former Soviet republic.

Extreme - Very great, or beyond what is expected.