Started an argument with my much smarter wife because she said North and South America are not two separate continents. She was right, because continents are only defined by convention.

  • DragonTypeWyvern
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    5 days ago

    It’s not entirely arbitrary, it’s just based on racism.

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      4 days ago

      Iirc its actually based on some guy assuming a river was a cannal and using it as a geographical border and no one really checking until the border had stuck.