Today I Learnt

Why not have a thread dedicated to learning those small, simple things that you didn’t know?

TIL that whilst we learnt there are 7 continents in our geography classes, the French, Spanish, Latin Americans and several others learnt that there are only 5; Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and America.

Antarctica isn’t considered a continent by them, and the Americas are only viewed as one continent.

Depending on your preferred sense of humour, there are a few good videos on that:

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I do love me a mapmen video

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A large proportion of air cadet CFAV being Map Men viewers is somehow not wholly unsurprising…

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no where else to put this…

I am truly suppressed. I thought he would have fronted it out.

Can’t see reform being in power without him as an MP.

Best news I have heard for a long time.

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He’s standing again though.

Not sure if he thinks winning then means he won’t be at risk of a recall petition, but it surely won’t save him from a verdict from the standards committee?

Nope, investigation can be resumed if re-elected

Asteroid theory for the extinction of the dinosaurs wasn’t proposed until 1980.

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But but… where is the North?!

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