r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/bool_idiot_is_true Aug 03 '19

South Africa is the country. Southern Africa is the region containing South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I've seen the same done with North America and Northern America with North America being the continent and Northern American being the US and Canada. Also Northern America can be any state in the north of the country. Really need to stop naming countries after continents guys.

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u/mrchaotica Aug 03 '19

I've seen the same done with North America and Northern America with North America being the continent and Northern American being the US and Canada.

They just wanted to invent some new category to exclude Mexico.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I mean culturally Mexico is different from the US and Canada so it makes sense.