• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Are you telling me that something I learned in grade school wasn’t 100% accurate? My world is shattered!

    Sarcasm aside, thanks for the info

    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      to be fair that’s pretty much always how it’s told; as the names being switched on purpose, and that’s how i knew it as well. it’s easy to see how people can make the assumption about Iceland once they learn about Greenland’s naming.

      anyway my purpose was to say “it is true!” and cite the article but I realized it didn’t say anything about Iceland so I checked and that’s also how I learned that they were separate instances.