Until early this morning, it had been a while since Chechnya dominated the news cycle. But since we’ve learned that the Boston bombing suspects are Chechen brothers, things have changed. Sort of:

Sigh. RT @emzanotti: LOLWUT? RT : @dzuunmod NBC anchor: "…a lot of us are hearing the word 'Chechnya' for the first time…" really? — Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) April 19, 2013

Oof. Well, if what the clearly very astute anchor says is true, that would certainly help explain why a distressingly large number of Twitterers are buzzing about terrorists from the Czech Republic.

Behold the derp:

https://twitter.com/Rank4HT/status/325207549471252480

The guys that bombed Boston were Czech? What is this 1980? — Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) April 19, 2013

No and no.

https://twitter.com/llcooljaff/status/325217840347111424

No.

They know who done the boston bombings,2 brothers from the Czech Republic. The 26 year old has already been shot&the 19 yr old is in hiding — Sé (@SeSullivann) April 19, 2013

https://twitter.com/Courtneyabb0tt9/status/325205591771451392

https://twitter.com/MaherWhaaat/status/325288404256444416

https://twitter.com/TheRealLyrican/status/325277228143349760

Boston Bombers are being pursued. One already dead. This some GTA type shit. Terrorists from Czech Republic. — TAYLOR SCOTT (@taylortamez) April 19, 2013

https://twitter.com/DiegoVill/status/325202846511407105

https://twitter.com/OllieWilliams01/status/325308956824199169

So the guys that bombed Boston r from the Czech Republic? — MARTINBILDERBERG.COM (@AstonMartinNT) April 19, 2013

No.

"Suspect is a dark skinned male" and they turn out to be Czech and pale as fuck lmao. The media is crazy, man. — Mari (@ElMarCaribe_) April 19, 2013

What. The. Fuck. Last night the suspect was the missing student from brown and now these guys are Czech brothers. — yøung liøn (@xeneeah_) April 19, 2013

@Superleeds93 fuck the Czech Republic. I hope we bomb them one day and wipe them out. So feegeep — Coltopia (@JustColton) April 19, 2013

Future diplomat right there, folks.

https://twitter.com/tawnymmm/status/325270912142286849

It’s also not fair to call them Czech.

A word of advice, guys: Next time, you’d better Czech yourselves before you wreck yourselves.

I love that this needs to be explained. RT @TerpWeather: Czech ≠ Chechnya. — Brendan Darr (@BrendanDarr) April 19, 2013

I made an "infographic" to help my 'Murican friends distinguish between Chechnya and the Czech Republic. pic.twitter.com/v4BjdTJUun — Kevin Kinkead (@KevinKCBS3) April 19, 2013

Fail: Chechnya is not Czech Republic. Public school education at its finest. — Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) April 19, 2013

This is what happens when we don't invest in education: Americans can't tell Chechnya & The Czech Republic apart: pic.twitter.com/5EUO6BBapi — EPHT22 (@EPHT22) April 19, 2013

are people really confusing Chechnya with the Czech republic? Did you not pay attention in school? — Drew Edborg (@drewedborg12) April 19, 2013

https://twitter.com/lmcphillips/status/325304962630438913

Take it away, Homer: