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Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026 (media.piefed.world)
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[โ€“] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

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