They put the Mercator Projection on a basketball. Think abou...

They put the Mercator Projection on a basketball. Think about that for 5 seconds.

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i have seen the theory that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he doesn't understand the Mercator projection and i cannot stop laughing. one hundred percent that's what's going on

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This simple gif by Jakub Nowosad shows the effect of the Mercator projection on the real size of continents and countries on a planisphere [source, read more: https://t.co/LKm3bsQfIe] https://t.co/l4XIgQrBAx

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