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This is the true size of Africa (mstdn.social)
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[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Silly Mercator projection

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Still best for sailing the high seas.

You think I just go after software? /s

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

No, one kilometer in Africa is about 60 % shorter than in russia.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 8 points 12 hours ago

This. It's closer to the equator, so they are rotating faster which means the kilometers get shorter. Don't you just love science?