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How the Arctic and Antarctic were named
Cartographer 1: This cold continent has huge and super dangerous bears, how do we warn people?
Cartographer 2: Let's call it ThePlaceWithBears! What about this even colder one on the opposite end?
Cartographer 1: Does it have any bears?
Cartographer 2: Come to think of it, there's literally no bears here! ThePlaceWithoutBears it is!
Cartographer 1: Boom! Quittin' time!
Which is ridiculous because it clearly has ant in the name not bear. You've got the Arctic and you've got the Arctic made for ants.
Yeah, bears like to chew on ants, so the ants kicked them out when they took the place over.