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Indeed they were. 225 million years ago they were all part of supercontinent Pangaea. That's why distant Coastlines seem to match in some places like pieces of a puzzle. It is popular scientific belief that the continents were once all connected into one large continent. Yes they were connected. If you look closly at a map they all fit together.

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