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I had a similar experience at the Wal-Mart check out line.

I always try to make small talk with the clerk when a historical date shows up as the money due, i.e. $10.66, $18.12, $19.41.

One day $17.76 came up and I said, "Ah, a famous date in history." The 20-something man said, "Whut was that?" Stunned, I replied "Our country's birthdate." His answer? "Kewl".

I had the same thought as others here - and this guy votes? Yeah, you could argue 1783 was the real birthdate, but with this crowd, the nuance would have escaped them.

I don't know if Mark Dice cherry-picked the answers, but here's one that had me shaking my head.