Aside from a shockingly common Google query of “What day is Fourth of July?”, the most pathetic Independence Day failure is failing to understand why the United States celebrates on the Fourth of July.

In order to expose this embarrassing lack of knowledge, media personality Mark Dice took the San Diego beaches to ask Americans a myriad of Fourth of July-related questions, including why the holiday even exists:


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