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> Most Americans will have studied them in history class in school, or at least heard of them.

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> less that 10% in the US that could tell you what the Federalist Papers are

Both make sense to me. I wonder if I remember even 10% of what I was taught in school…

I'd put it at less than a tenth of a percent, and even then I'm probably overestimating it.

There is probably that many people who have history degrees.

I think at least that many people have seen Hamilton.

But of those 10%, a good half of them think of the Federalist Papers like it's a 2nd Bible, with irrational attributions associated with it, like they lost their minds.