One in Three Americans Have "No Idea" How to Spell "Independence"

It sounds like a lot of Americans relied on auto-correct this past weekend, when texting people about . . . the 4th of July.

 A poll on Independence Day asked a simple question: How confident are you in your ability to spell . . . "Independence Day"? And one in three people said they have "no idea" how to spell "Independence." 

Internet searches for "how to spell independence" skyrocket by 85% during the July 4th holiday weekend. And that's not the worst part . . . less than 58% of people correctly answered that America gained its freedom from Great Britain.

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