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Huh. Makes sense, I guess. I wonder if the continents just switch sides every however often and they’re just in the process of migrating together again but on the opposite side this time 🤔 I should go to bed lol
That is indeed pretty much what happens.
The entire mantle is constantly moving and essentially “floating” on our dense Liquid Metal core