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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

xkcd #3159: Continents

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xkcd #3159: Continents

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xkcd #3159: Continents

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The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus.

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    Mariana Trench, which is spang in the middle of the Atlantic between the jigsaw puzzle coastlines of Africa and South America.

    Maybe I’m not understanding you, but the Mariana Trench is in the Pacific Ocean, near Guam.

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      No, I’m wrong. It’s the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

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      Yeah, it drifted there since the 40s.

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        Some people just don’t watch the news. 🙄 Marianas Trench relocated off the coast of North Carolina back in like 2020.

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          It was traveling during the pandemic? It seems like Mariana was the one not watching the news!

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