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Robo
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2009-10-02, 15:26

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Originally Posted by Luca View Post
For whatever reason, some people consider "The Americas" to be a single continent, yet they would never even think to combine Asia, Europe, and Africa into a single continent despite their being a single landmass.
Well, Eurasia really is one big continent, let's be real. I mean, if a country can be on two "continents" (I'm looking at you, Russia!) then they're really not separate continents at all.

Even as a kid that bothered me. Like, at least North and South America are almost separated - there's the Isthmus of Panama and the Panama Canal and all that. For that reason, I'd also consider Africa its own continent, with the Isthmus of Suez, also bisected by a canal. But there's no such demarcation between Europe and Asia - it's a totally arbitrary remnant of history, not geography.

and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong
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