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How did Pangaea form?

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Five hundred million years ago, Pangaea was put together. During the centuries, Pangaea was connected numerous changes above and below the land. Soon after Pangaea, the plates under it touched then started moving away the other plates. Pangaea was a landmass that included all of the present day continents and was on this Earth for many, many millenniums.

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