stackyFACTSThe invisible line dividing the eastern and western hemispheres could have been placed absolutely anywhere on the globe. It only runs through a specific spot in the UK because a bunch of delegates in the nineteenth century voted on it, firmly cementing arbitrary international agreements as the foundation of global navigation.
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