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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrue size of Greenland:
ð¬ð± When you take the globe and try to flatten it out, things get very distorted. Places that look tiny are much bigger, and places that look massive are actually tiny.
— DCminx ððð¥ð± (@dcminx.bsky.social) 2026-01-16T12:00:12.602Z
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Dave Bowman
(6,750 posts)1. Also thanks to the mercator projection Africa looks way smaller than it actually is. It's a gigantic continent.
Danmel
(5,694 posts)2. Anyone remember the Mercator Projection West Wing episode?
Maybe trump should watch it
Aristus
(71,735 posts)5. Great scene. Very funny.
Early appearance by the guy who would portray Dr. Flox on Voyager.
markie
(23,892 posts)6. should be required
wouldn't be surprised if he didn't know actual size... just like I don't think Noem knows what the 4th Amendment is... the entire WH group is pathetically ignorant
2naSalit
(100,227 posts)9. I think she...
Isn't aware of the Bill of Rights. She did grow up in ND after all, ranks 40th in education, probably can't read very well.
Historic NY
(39,691 posts)3. Tell Donnie Antarctica is bigger larger than all of Europe
its ripe for the picking
Marcuse
(8,817 posts)4. A lunar eclipse as seen by flat earthers.

quaint
(4,681 posts)7. TY, first giggle today.
MustLoveBeagles
(14,906 posts)8. Very funny
Goonch
(4,272 posts)10. ;-{) The True Size Of ... Quick Comparisons: