What If Pangea Never Broke Apart?
Millions of years ago, the Earth looked very different. A huge landmass, called Pangea, covered about a third of our planet. But about 175 million years ago, the Earth broke apart into continents, and formed the world we know today.
But what if that had never happened? Where would your country be located? And how different would your life be?
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@noraquiram65
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
When i would live in europe i would be freezing 😂
@andreiryancaballero1464
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
How would Pangra not breaking apart change history?
@arafhere
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Gathering my knowledge so that i can answer my kids at 2 am story
@ar14344
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
what if pangaea did'nt break apart? simple.. there is only 1 earth, 1 country, 1 government after a great war. 😂
@ANGELICAANDO-f9v
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Can someone pleasee send the facebook link of this?
@ilsaashfaque1250
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
If Pangea never broke – Let's do a race from Australia to Russia
@ChaseHale-m9x9w
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Bring Pangea back, please😢😢😢😢😢❤
@stupatt
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
No one would be alive, I hate these shoulda couldas, the moment history changes before your birth you have the potential of not being born, if you are gonna do thought experiments do them properly.
Animals wouldn’t evolve yet humans get a free pass, erm no
@KingNathanOraya-y4m
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Is that giant land mass was here no more ships and airplanes
@yashkumar-i1x3t
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Pangea would be communist
@behindunknown9
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
If it doesn't, I will not be commenting now 😂
@kristinesharp6286
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Island from volcanic beginnings would not be part of Pangea.
@princeofversatility
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
3:18 “if these countries didn’t get along” So africas just a country now..
@somewherecloudy
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
3:16 Dude really included Canada and Mexico when referring to the US 💀🤦♂️
@michellemiguel5458
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
What if pangea did not broke up?
There will be still a war because of territorial disputes, i guess?
@CubSATPH
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
There would be 4 members of Olympics? North, South, East and West?
@SeleneyaraDaet
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
My Country will not be exist, because it is an archipelagic country and it is born because of volcanos underwaters which errupted so badly that the rocks and ashes became a land. But if the Pangea didnt break apart, volcano wouldnt errupt and plus my country will not be exist.
@I.M_BR
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Going to ocean would've been harder
@SodaPopTheRedPanda
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
I always wished that Pangea would bring world peace
@carsyncruz
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
What if the Pacific Ocean was just a 50 mile wide ditch, oh wait it is.
@unofficialsarcasm4110
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Hmm.. no more racism.?
@CrissaMaeLlarves-n8y
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
Is there Asia?i didn't hear it
@suprobharoy1423
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 pm
I live in India
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