The idea that Australia balanced the earth persisted until roughly two centuries ago

Evidence

Australia, although a large landmass, is no longer believed to balance the earth. However, this myth was only dispelled some two hundred years ago. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 1034

Categorization

• CANDY: A light, surprising trivia fact — the earth-balance myth about Australia was only disproven two hundred years ago.