Kid's literal answer to bonus question is too perfect

Well, they weren't wrong.
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Brian Koerber
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Sometimes the answer is right there in front of you.

In today's episode of Kids being funny or adults lying for fake Internet points, a student decides use his teacher's words to their advantage. 


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"What country owns Greenland?" the question asks.

However, there's a hint: "it's not Greenland."

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Naturally, the student writes, "not Greenland," which is technically correct and the kid received the bonus point for the question. 

And for those wondering, Greenland is, "an autonomous Danish dependent territory with limited self-government as well as its own parliament in 1979," according to the BBC. 

[h/t:Reddit]

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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