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[Night at the Museum] Why do the wax figurines behave like historical people?

In the first movie, the Teddy Roosevelt statue at some point has a small breakdown, revealing that he is only a statue, never did the things he's talking about and only knows of them because he read them in the museum and heard from guides. 

But how does this apply to the huns, Neanderthals and the wax statues that more or less behave like the culture they are from? And why do the Roman and Egyptian people speak English, but pretty much no others?
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That’s not what Teddy Roosevelt said. He told Larry that he *(teddy)* was aware that he was made of wax and not the figure of the century past; that they’re different beings.

He never tells Larry that he only knows of Teddy Roosevelt because of museum plaques. Which seems to be the crux of the question.

Wax Teddy *does* have flesh Teddy’s memories but he also has the sapience to understand that they’re not the same being; the same person.

As for the other figures knowing English and other languages; part of it is exposure, we see some cases are sound proof so they’re not hearing people speak English enough to make connections.

And some who do hear the language don’t put the effort in learning. Because they’re people and people put effort in learning different languages at different levels.