Sure, we all make geographical mistakes — and even our top tiers of society (you know, celebrities and politicians) aren’t immune to these kinds of blunders. But, this is why it’s so darn important to increase your global knowledge through travel and study abroad! After all, there’s nothing like immersing yourself in a foreign culture to inspire learning as much about the world as you possibly can — if only so you can avoid making statements about, you know, Russia being a stone’s throw away from your home in Alaska (yep, that one will never die).

Here are the top 6 times celebrities should have maybe skipped out on that Grammy awards show and just studied abroad instead:

1) The time Britney Spears thought Japan was in Africa. Back in her heyday of lockers and midriff-baring tops, Britney Spears allegedly said, “I’ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don’t like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.” We know. We’re confused, too.

2) The time Joe Biden called Africa a “nation”. Sure, he’d probably given his fair share of speeches that week already, but…making such a gaffe at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit? You’re better than that, Biden!

3) The time Nick Lachey said London and Cairo were basically in “the same part of the world”. This exchange happened, word for word, on a segment of Regis & Kelly:

Kelly: “London is not in Cairo!”

Nick: ”It’s in the same part of the world, kind of.”

Kelly: “Not even!”

Nick: “Well, that’s true, too.”

4) The time Dennis Rodman apparently wasn’t aware of North Korea’s murderous dictatorial regimes. We’ve all heard about Rodman and Kim Jong Un’s bromance by now, as well as Rodman’s proclamations that Kim is a “good guy” and his “best friend” (this is apparently aside from perpetuating heinous human rights violations on a grand scale). Um, something tells us that if Rodman had done an eye-opening study abroad program as a youngster, he might have been a little more inclined to learn more about other countries and their political histories.

5) The time Paris Hilton called West Africa a country. Yep, she did. No, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone.

6) The time Kim Kardashian tweeted, “We are here in Botswana, South Africa! Wow what a long flight!”. Okay, so the flight probably was long, and Kim K’s mind was probably on other things, like which designer onesie to get for Kourtney’s baby. But, for a lady with nearly 25 million Twitter followers (and, not to mention, a daughter named North West), you’d think she’d want to know the geography of where she was before tweeting about it.