1 min
The world map is very wrong damn, that's interesting
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- Science
Ever stopped to wonder why Greenland looks bigger than Africa on a map? Or why Canada seems to stretch on forever? In this episode we peel back the layers of the world's most familiar map – the Mercator projection – to reveal a surprising truth: it's full of distortions.
Ever stopped to wonder why Greenland looks bigger than Africa on a map? Or why Canada seems to stretch on forever? In this episode we peel back the layers of the world's most familiar map – the Mercator projection – to reveal a surprising truth: it's full of distortions.
1 min