November 24, 2025 • 8 mins
Africa and South America don't just LOOK like they fit, they really were boo'd up once upon a time! In this episode of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either, B Daht uncovers how the whole planet used to be one big neighborhood, and why the breakup changed everything!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I didn't welcome back know it All to another episode
of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect Podcast
Network entitled.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I didn't know Maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
I'm your host, B Dot aka King Dot And why
do they call me King Dots?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Let me get my crown? Always got my crown? Ready?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
They call me King Dot because I am mister alumni
twenty twenty five twenty twenty six for my alma mater,
Winston Salem State University.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Can you dig that?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
And if you're a first time listener to the podcast,
first of all, welcome, But you're considered a know it all,
not because you know it all, but because you'll want
to know it all. That's why you listen to a
podcast that gives you all types of facts. Now, this
podcast was organically started right on my Instagram. I dk
myde with an underscore before it and after it. I
(00:53):
would just share black history facts that I didn't know
maybe you didn't either. And then about four years ago,
Madam President, Dolly Bishop and Charlemagne to God said, you
know what, we liked that content. We want to put
it on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Would you like
to do a podcast? I said, absolutely, so we curated
twenty eight episodes specifically.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
For the Black Effect podcast network.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
They dropped once a day in February, played exclusively on
The Breakfast Club, and it was a hit. So I
would like to let you know that February first, twenty
twenty six, we will be kicking off season five of
I didn't know, maybe you didn't either, And we've got
four specially curated themed weeks week week week week and
(01:36):
actually one of those weeks you're gonna need a passport
could be talking about black history around the globe.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
You did what I'm saying to you.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
If you're in the Charlotte area, I need you locked in, man,
because I'm gonna have a listening session January thirty first.
If you would like to be a part of the
listening session, please hit me up for the details. And
I'm going to have a listening session at the end
of December for potential sponsors. Hey, man, could we need
some funding for the visuals? Am I didn't know? Maybe
(02:04):
you didn't either. Season five kicks off February first, twenty
twenty six. Now let me take my crown back off
because it's a little too small. The crown that gave
me when I got crowned as mister Alumni was way
too small. I had to actually order my own crown
with the right specifics for my dome and things of
that nature.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
But that's not to hear no there.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So again, the genesis of this podcast are things that
I didn't know and maybe you didn't either, and today's
episode absolutely blew my mind. And to kick off the episode,
we do as we do every episode, with three of
the most useless facts you'll never need not a day
in life. Up first, did you know that the Grand
(02:44):
Canyon is so deep that if you drop a rock
from the top, it takes ten seconds to hit the
bottom ten Your second useless fact, Africa is the only
continent that straddles all four hemispheres.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yeah, North, South, East, and West.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Africa's everywhere is sort of like the Beyonce of the continents.
And your third useless fact, the Grand Canyon has rocks
that are one point eight billion years old, but the
canyon itself is only five to six million years old.
That mean Grand Mark Canyon got a bbl ain't it?
(03:27):
And Heller, those will been your three useless facts. The
Grand Canyon is so deep that if you drop a
rock from the top, it takes ten seconds to hit
the bottom. That's a whole TikTok video of you panicing
before boom. Second, Africa's the only continent that touches all
four hemispheres, north, south, east, and west. How about that?
(03:47):
And your third useless fact, back to the Grand Canyon.
It has rocks that's one point eight billion years old. However,
the Grand Canyon is only five to six million years old.
Make it make sense. The rocks are ancient, but the
shape is new. Now why am I given you three
useless facts about rocks and Grand canyons. It's because I
(04:08):
learned about Pangaea. Are you familiar with Pangaea? Because I wasn't.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
didn't know.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Imagine waking up one day and the whole world is
just one big neighborhood, no.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Passports, no borders.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Your cousin in Ghana is literally a fifteen minute walk
from your auntie in Brazil. That used to be Earth,
one big super continent called Pangaea, and I had no clue.
And just to be clear, Pangaea ain't one of them
conspiracy theories. It ain't like a flat Earth that Kyrie
Irvan be talking about. No, no, no, no no. It's one
of the best proven ideas in geology. Here's how we
(04:56):
know that the continents used to be one big family cookout.
If you look at Africa and South America on a map,
them two looked like they used to date. The coastlines
match like puzzle pieces that got separated during shipping. That
was one of the first clues scientists was like, this
ain't no coincidence. Now this is geometry with an attitude.
Here's another way we know. It's fossils of the same
(05:18):
extinct animals on continents that's now separated by oceans. I'm
talking about animals that couldn't swim, fly, or get a
spear Airlines ticket. So either a they all had hidden submarines,
or B the continents were connected.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Spoiler alert, it's b another way.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
If you slide the continents together right, the Appalachian mountains
fit perfectly with the mountains in Scotland. Were talking same
rock layers, same age, same vibe. Another way's GPS satellites.
They actually show that the continents move a few inches
every year. About the same speed that your nails grow.
(06:01):
So continental drift at a theory, it's a live event.
Right now, your house is drifting on the Earth's crust
like a lazy river.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
So what was Pangaea.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Well, Pangaea existed roughly three hundred million years ago, and
it was the last time that all of the land
was together. But from what I read, it wasn't the
first time. They say Earth been doing this breakup to
get back together thing for billions of years. This is
the most toxic relationship of all time. Now they say
Pangaea eventually split due to plate tectonics. That's a whole
(06:36):
other episode, y'all. I got a deep dive in plate tectonics.
It's giant plates floating on molten rock under the crust,
and they always moving. Some crashed together, some split apart,
and some just slide by each other like bitter exis.
But every time they do it, it reshapes the planet.
That's why we have earthquakes, volcanos, mountains, oceans, and why
(07:00):
California keeps trying to leave the United States. You know
that conspiracy theory they got that California gonna drift off
into the Pacific Ocean.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
It might not be a conspiracy theory. Now here's why
it matters.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Understanding Pangaea helps explain what continents look the way they do, right,
why different species fossils were found where they were while
the Grand Canyon got these old rocks. Remember I just
told you one point eight billion year old rocks and
the Grand Cane is just five to six million years
old pan gea, And it might explain why Africa sits
(07:32):
so perfectly centered. It pretty much gives us a timeline
of Earth's blow up. So always remember your address temporary,
the country's borders temporary, and the shape of a world
map very temporary, like in a hundred million years, Florida
might be snuggled up next to Morocco, Australia just chilling
with Nigeria, and New York probably in somebody's business. So
(07:55):
the next time you look at a map, remember the
continents didn't always look like this. The world old, you know,
is a snapshot, not the original photo. Earth been remixing
itself long before DJ's and.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either,
I didn't welcome back know it All to another episode
of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect Podcast
Network entitled.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I didn't know Maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
I'm your host, B Dot aka King Dot And why
do they call me King Dots?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Let me get my crown? Always got my crown? Ready?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
They call me King Dot because I am mister alumni
twenty twenty five twenty twenty six for my alma mater,
Winston Salem State University.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Can you dig that?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
And if you're a first time listener to the podcast,
first of all, welcome, But you're considered a know it all,
not because you know it all, but because you'll want
to know it all. That's why you listen to a
podcast that gives you all types of facts. Now, this
podcast was organically started right on my Instagram. I dk
myde with an underscore before it and after it. I
(00:53):
would just share black history facts that I didn't know
maybe you didn't either. And then about four years ago,
Madam President, Dolly Bishop and Charlemagne to God said, you
know what, we liked that content. We want to put
it on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Would you like
to do a podcast? I said, absolutely, so we curated
twenty eight episodes specifically.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
For the Black Effect podcast network.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
They dropped once a day in February, played exclusively on
The Breakfast Club, and it was a hit. So I
would like to let you know that February first, twenty
twenty six, we will be kicking off season five of
I didn't know, maybe you didn't either, And we've got
four specially curated themed weeks week week week week and
(01:36):
actually one of those weeks you're gonna need a passport
could be talking about black history around the globe.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
You did what I'm saying to you.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
If you're in the Charlotte area, I need you locked in, man,
because I'm gonna have a listening session January thirty first.
If you would like to be a part of the
listening session, please hit me up for the details. And
I'm going to have a listening session at the end
of December for potential sponsors. Hey, man, could we need
some funding for the visuals? Am I didn't know? Maybe
(02:04):
you didn't either. Season five kicks off February first, twenty
twenty six. Now let me take my crown back off
because it's a little too small. The crown that gave
me when I got crowned as mister Alumni was way
too small. I had to actually order my own crown
with the right specifics for my dome and things of
that nature.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
But that's not to hear no there.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So again, the genesis of this podcast are things that
I didn't know and maybe you didn't either, and today's
episode absolutely blew my mind. And to kick off the episode,
we do as we do every episode, with three of
the most useless facts you'll never need not a day
in life. Up first, did you know that the Grand
(02:44):
Canyon is so deep that if you drop a rock
from the top, it takes ten seconds to hit the
bottom ten Your second useless fact, Africa is the only
continent that straddles all four hemispheres.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yeah, North, South, East, and West.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Africa's everywhere is sort of like the Beyonce of the continents.
And your third useless fact, the Grand Canyon has rocks
that are one point eight billion years old, but the
canyon itself is only five to six million years old.
That mean Grand Mark Canyon got a bbl ain't it?
(03:27):
And Heller, those will been your three useless facts. The
Grand Canyon is so deep that if you drop a
rock from the top, it takes ten seconds to hit
the bottom. That's a whole TikTok video of you panicing
before boom. Second, Africa's the only continent that touches all
four hemispheres, north, south, east, and west. How about that?
(03:47):
And your third useless fact, back to the Grand Canyon.
It has rocks that's one point eight billion years old. However,
the Grand Canyon is only five to six million years old.
Make it make sense. The rocks are ancient, but the
shape is new. Now why am I given you three
useless facts about rocks and Grand canyons. It's because I
(04:08):
learned about Pangaea. Are you familiar with Pangaea? Because I wasn't.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
didn't know.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Imagine waking up one day and the whole world is
just one big neighborhood, no.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Passports, no borders.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Your cousin in Ghana is literally a fifteen minute walk
from your auntie in Brazil. That used to be Earth,
one big super continent called Pangaea, and I had no clue.
And just to be clear, Pangaea ain't one of them
conspiracy theories. It ain't like a flat Earth that Kyrie
Irvan be talking about. No, no, no, no no. It's one
of the best proven ideas in geology. Here's how we
(04:56):
know that the continents used to be one big family cookout.
If you look at Africa and South America on a map,
them two looked like they used to date. The coastlines
match like puzzle pieces that got separated during shipping. That
was one of the first clues scientists was like, this
ain't no coincidence. Now this is geometry with an attitude.
Here's another way we know. It's fossils of the same
(05:18):
extinct animals on continents that's now separated by oceans. I'm
talking about animals that couldn't swim, fly, or get a
spear Airlines ticket. So either a they all had hidden submarines,
or B the continents were connected.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Spoiler alert, it's b another way.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
If you slide the continents together right, the Appalachian mountains
fit perfectly with the mountains in Scotland. Were talking same
rock layers, same age, same vibe. Another way's GPS satellites.
They actually show that the continents move a few inches
every year. About the same speed that your nails grow.
(06:01):
So continental drift at a theory, it's a live event.
Right now, your house is drifting on the Earth's crust
like a lazy river.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
So what was Pangaea.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Well, Pangaea existed roughly three hundred million years ago, and
it was the last time that all of the land
was together. But from what I read, it wasn't the
first time. They say Earth been doing this breakup to
get back together thing for billions of years. This is
the most toxic relationship of all time. Now they say
Pangaea eventually split due to plate tectonics. That's a whole
(06:36):
other episode, y'all. I got a deep dive in plate tectonics.
It's giant plates floating on molten rock under the crust,
and they always moving. Some crashed together, some split apart,
and some just slide by each other like bitter exis.
But every time they do it, it reshapes the planet.
That's why we have earthquakes, volcanos, mountains, oceans, and why
(07:00):
California keeps trying to leave the United States. You know
that conspiracy theory they got that California gonna drift off
into the Pacific Ocean.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
It might not be a conspiracy theory. Now here's why
it matters.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Understanding Pangaea helps explain what continents look the way they do, right,
why different species fossils were found where they were while
the Grand Canyon got these old rocks. Remember I just
told you one point eight billion year old rocks and
the Grand Cane is just five to six million years
old pan gea, And it might explain why Africa sits
(07:32):
so perfectly centered. It pretty much gives us a timeline
of Earth's blow up. So always remember your address temporary,
the country's borders temporary, and the shape of a world
map very temporary, like in a hundred million years, Florida
might be snuggled up next to Morocco, Australia just chilling
with Nigeria, and New York probably in somebody's business. So
(07:55):
the next time you look at a map, remember the
continents didn't always look like this. The world old, you know,
is a snapshot, not the original photo. Earth been remixing
itself long before DJ's and.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
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