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TranscriptA threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".

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[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Remember the time we stumbled on an old local church with an American coworker. Yes dude, that thing was over 500 years old when Columbus discovered your continent, allegedly.

[–] simsalabim@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Columbus didn't even travel to north america, he went to middle- and south america :D

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

And he didn't discover shit. He was a bloody wanker and we should all just forget about him

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago

And he wasn't just an asshole by modern standards, but by the standards of his own time as well!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Everything north of the Darien Gap is considered NA.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

TIL Central America is considered a sub-region of North America

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

Look at it on a world map, one without border lines, and it's blindingly obvious. It's not a sub-region, it's part of a large land mass barely separated from a large land mass to the south.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

As a continent, yes

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