Information Overload
I have to watch myself when I go look at a WikiPedia article. Most of the time I go look at an article, then the active barrage of clickable hyperlinks signifying more information about that particular subject get clicked until I have a insane number of articles open. Once I realise what I am doing I rarely close the articles I have open until I've read them, but I do try to refrain from opening more unless I really need to know what something means.
Did you know? It seems Gondwana was not the first supercontinent (and was not made up of all the existing continents either), but resulted from the split of another supercontinent Pangaea (the only other supercontinent at that time was Laurasia). So, many people (including myself until now), have incorrect beliefs about our Earth's geological/tectonic movements.
You learn something new every day. In today's case, I think I learnt a hundred new things. Damn you Wiki.
Did you know? It seems Gondwana was not the first supercontinent (and was not made up of all the existing continents either), but resulted from the split of another supercontinent Pangaea (the only other supercontinent at that time was Laurasia). So, many people (including myself until now), have incorrect beliefs about our Earth's geological/tectonic movements.
You learn something new every day. In today's case, I think I learnt a hundred new things. Damn you Wiki.