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by guessthejuice 2876 days ago
People don't realize that just 8000 years ago, you could walk from britain to continental europe as it was connected by land to europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland

It's amazing how in a short period of time ( in geological terms though it seems like a lot of time for us ), how much of the earth changed.

Another interesting tidbit, we had a little ice age not too long ago which ended in the mid 1800s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

https://www.eh-resources.org/timeline-middle-ages/