• cobysev@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They not only screwed up their continent borders, but they forgot the continent of Antarctica. There are tons of researchers who spend months (maybe years?) living there while working. It’s extremely low, but there’s a non-zero chance someone could be born there.

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      2 months ago

      One could say the map simply counted transcontinental countries as where the majority of the population lives, but French Guiana isn’t colored like Europe.

      Also interesting that the southern border of Mexico is apparently the border between North and South America.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That’s an odd way to divide it up. Without Mexico, the US would be much, much lower. Every continent map shows Russia as part of Asia.

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    2 months ago

    Of course the europe-asia border is wrong, but the south america -north america border is wrong as well. It should be where Panama is.

    I see a lot of US Americans think that north America only has 3 countries. That’s false.

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      2 months ago

      I see a lot of US Americans think that north America only has 3 countries. That’s false.

      Three countries is what I was taught in school in the 80s and 90s. And that the Americas are 3 continents; North, Central, and South America.