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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funny story, Antarctica used to be called Australia until the kangeroos stole the name

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Makes sense

The name Australia (pronounced /ˈstreɪliə/ in Australian English)[26] is derived from the Latin Terra Australis Incognita ('unknown southern land'), a name used for a hypothetical continent in the Southern Hemisphere since ancient times.[27] Several 16th-century cartographers used the word Australia on maps, but not to identify modern Australia