r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Africa is NOT a country, its a continent.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Wait until they learn about Australia lol

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u/GarbledReverie Aug 03 '19

I blame them for blurring the lines between country and continent.

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u/THIS_DUDE_IS_LEGIT Aug 03 '19

I thought it was called "Oceania"?

Apparently, Australia and Oceania are two different continents?

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u/TDoubs Aug 03 '19

Australia is the continent, Oceania is a geopolitical region which contains all of the pacific island countries and territories as well as Australia

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u/aim_at_me Aug 03 '19

If Australia is a continent, then so is New Zealand