but the professor let us bring booze in so I dont remember the second half of the movie.

At least he was giving you that authentic Australian experience hahaha.

From Downunder. It's not really taught that much, if at all. From my experience (may vary), we know the basics like, War of Independence, George Washington, Constitution etc; but it doesn't go much deeper than that.

I'm guessing generally most countries have their own history to teach, and unless it was something more global (WWI, WWII), or you specifically took History in High School, it wouldn't go much further than that.

But how else will they know what to sell you? Won't someone think of the poor advertisers?!