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Fun fact: Whether North or South are "up" on a map is also completely arbitrary.
They undercut the message buy putting upside down at the top.
I had a teacher in high school who always set his globe that had the text oriented to the nearest pole to have the south pole on top. Anyone switching it would start a conversation about how there isn't a 'correct' up direction.
There is only a "correct" up direction if it has words. The "correct" up would be the direction of the letters.
Or left right
Should have rotated the other way so the sun scrolls satisfyingly top-to-bottom.
Oh god why Mercator?
Mercator really starts to shine when you rotate it by 90 degrees.
This is cursed enough to be an SCP
At this point, Africa is almost represented at its actual size.
This looks like a fantasy world map wtf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14Gtm2Z_70
Yeah, but European borders aren't
Sure they are, they're fun to redraw too. I thought y'all loved doing that
It’s freaking me out!