The only two times
Historians agree on very little. They agree on this.
~335 to ~175 million years ago
Pangea
Every landmass on Earth fused into one supercontinent, ringed by a single ocean called Panthalassa. You could walk from what is now Brazil to what is now Africa without getting wet.
- Continents
- 1
- Oceans
- 1, mostly
- Duration
- ~160 million years
- Ended by
- Rifting, 2–5 cm per year
July 2016
Pokémon Go
Strangers met in parks at midnight. Neighbors talked to each other. Entire cities walked outside at the same time, staring at the same phones, chasing the same thing.
- Players
- Everyone you knew
- Steps taken
- Billions
- Duration
- About one summer
- Ended by
- School starting again
The third time is on-chain.