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Maps gonna update soon! 😮 - - - - - - Why does Greenland look almost as big as Africa on many world maps? 🌍 The answer is map projection. For centuries, the Mercator projection has been one of the most widely recognized ways to display our spherical Earth on a flat map. But it dramatically distorts the size of places as you move toward the poles. That's where the Equal Earth projection comes in. 🗺️ Equal Earth is designed as an equal-area projection, meaning countries and continents are shown with their relative areas much more accurately—even though their shapes are still slightly distorted. In this Short, we'll compare: 🔹 Mercator Projection 🔹 Equal Earth Projection 🔹 Why Greenland looks huge on Mercator 🔹 The actual size difference between Greenland and Africa 🔹 Why map projections can change the way we perceive the world A world map isn't simply "the Earth drawn on paper" — every projection makes certain compromises. Which world map did you grow up seeing? 🌍 - - - - - - #interestingfacts #shorts #geography #worldmap #maps #didyouknow #curiousfacts