▲ 288 ▼ TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are. (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 4 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) The Romans divided the world into three equal landmasses before they understood how it was actually laid out and it stuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago Definitely not the Romans. It may have stuck because of them, but the Greeks divided the world that way long before Rome left Italy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago Definitely not the Romans. It may have stuck because of them, but the Greeks divided the world that way long before Rome left Italy. permalink fedilink source parent