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Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026 (infosec.pub)
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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wait when was Russia part of Europe.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

since 80% of its population was in the european side

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Ive been lied to my whole life!

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Western part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Yea sorry, it's been over a decade since I last had Geography class lmao

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thus proving the almost total arbitrariness of defining Europe as a "continent" but here we are.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That's how the Romans divided the world thousands of years ago and it stuck.