I know people who absolutely can't get enough of those tick tock style videos where someone goes around crowded places asking people general knowledge questions and posting all the people who don't know the answer.

It's made me realize that even IF the average person is smart, there are tons and tons of people who don't know anything, and some of them are proud of the fact they don't know anything.

I remember being shown one guy who was attending some 4th of July thing, decked out in American flag stuff, looking like a republican's idea of "patriotism on a stick" and he couldn't come up with the opening words of the star spangled banner, and said he "doesn't need to know that queer shit" because he "loves America"

Plenty of people can't do more than addition and subtraction.

Tons of people have 4th grade or lower reading levels.

I fully believe someone saw a boar and called 911 to report a lion on the loose.

I once had the sheriff and animal control called to my house because someone passing by saw a bear, and there haven't been any bear sightings in my area for many decades. It was my large dog. I told them to have fun looking around for it, and if they find one to let me know, trying (poorly) to hide my amusement.