Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down17
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareZamboni_Driver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·21 hours ago A country cannot be in/on two different continents. Says who?
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoHeck Australia is it’s own continent and also claims part of Antarctica as territory.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down15·21 hours agoCould your home ever possibly be in two different zip codes? When you’re standing on the ground, is it possible for you to physically be anywhere else at the same time?
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoMoscow 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.
minus-squareZamboni_Driver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 hours agoSeriously? 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.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoYeah, I’ve stood in two different countries at the same time before. Haven’t you?
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoProbably not, but there are homes in two different countries.
Says who?
Heck Australia is it’s own continent and also claims part of Antarctica as territory.
Could your home ever possibly be in two different zip codes?
When you’re standing on the ground, is it possible for you to physically be anywhere else at the same time?
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.
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.
Yeah, I’ve stood in two different countries at the same time before. Haven’t you?
Probably not, but there are homes in two different countries.