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[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

even Russia is smoll compared to Africa

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

The Mercator scale on maps makes everything equatorial look tiny compared to northern and southern latitudes.