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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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      80% of all Russians live in Europe.

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        50% of Canadians live below the 49th parallel is very similar in most reapects

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      Well, it’s in Asia and Europe. Big country. If Siberia alone was a country, it would still be the biggest country in the world.

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          A country cannot be in/on two different continents.

          Says who?

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            Heck Australia is it’s own continent and also claims part of Antarctica as territory.

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              Seriously? I thought you would at least be able to come up with a funny explanation to support your nonsensical statement.

              So if France conquered all of Africa? Africa wouldn’t be a continent anymore? Would we just continuously move the continental border?

              If the US conquered Australia, Australia would become part of North America?

              How about you slow down and think about this one for a few minutes.

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              Probably not, but there are homes in two different countries.

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              Yeah, I’ve stood in two different countries at the same time before. Haven’t you?

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              Moscow is in Europe, as is Petersburg, as are something like 80% of the population. So if you want to be like that and say a country has to be entirely in one continent then Russia is in Europe.

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          Russia is a transcontiental country. The Ural Mountains are considered the boundry between Europe and Asia thus, Russia is about 75 % in Asia and 25 % in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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          • tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
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            Also Turkey is an example. It’s in Asia and Europe

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            Khazakhstan, Egypt

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          A country cannot be in/on two different continents.

          False. French Guyana in South America is considered a part of France. Not a territory or whatever, it’s in the EU as a part of the country. So yes, Brazil borders the EU, for example, and any number of other hilarious facts.

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          This man today has learned that transcontinental countries exist. And yes I fap to My Little Pony

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      Clarifying ocean and sea is rather arbitrary. I mean what makes the Indian Ocean different from the pacific ocean, or the north sea, or white sea, different than the atlantic?

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          Inland seas sure. But I mentioned a couple of seas that are really part of the ocean. The North Sea, and White sea for instance.

          But also what makes the Indian Ocean different from the pacific ocean? It’s arbitrary.

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