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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 13 days ago

Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 13 days ago

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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Because Mercator projection makes the USA look bigger.

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