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Half a world that insists its summer is everyone's, and is loudly wrong
means One half of a sphere, especially of the Earth (divided by the equator into north and south, or by a meridian into east and west) or of the brain.
from From Greek 'hemisphairion' — 'hemi-' meaning half (a cousin of Latin 'semi-') joined to 'sphaira,' a ball or globe. It traveled through Latin 'hemisphaerium' and Old French into English, carrying the literal sense of 'half a ball' wherever it went.
- flushing myth
- Coriolis is too weak to spin your toilet either way
- brain split
- Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of your body
- land hog
- Northern hemisphere holds about 68 percent of Earth's land
- flipped seasons
- December means beach weather below the equator
- star swap
- Southern skies never see the North Star
western hemisphere — the americas, bounded by atlantic and pacific oceans, containing north and south america
eastern hemisphere — europe, africa, asia, australia, bounded by atlantic and indian oceans
northern hemisphere — north of equator, contains most of earth's land mass and 90% of population
southern hemisphere — south of equator, contains australia, most of south america, southern africa