@torontopost: For centuries the Mercator projection has distorted our sense of the world, shrinking countries far from the equator. Now the UN General Assembly has voted to adopt the Equal Earth projection for official maps, preserving true relative sizes. Africa, at roughly 30 million km², is actually 14 times larger than Greenland — despite most world maps making them look nearly the same. Source: BBC #TorontoPost #Africa #Geography #UnitedNations #History
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Saturday 05 September 2026 19:00:28 GMT
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mmww791 :
What did they solve by this
2026-09-05 22:04:55
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eangalil :
this is a dumb change. should have spent the money on sending globes out to the youth.
2026-09-06 01:55:29
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B.CBear :
Well United States losses again on votes 🤣
2026-09-05 20:50:20
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Zeekingly :
Unsure why we only mention Africa...... India, Columbia,Indonesia, and other countries around the equator don't matter I guess.
2026-09-06 00:22:44
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Win Drummond987 :
Who in the fuck is the un.
2026-09-06 03:32:29
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Raven Martell :
we know it is the largest continent but to need a vote to change it in a map? useless organizations
2026-09-06 18:23:53
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hjh :
why just correct Africa? only 1 doesn't fix it. UN should correct all countries sizes.
2026-09-05 20:56:09
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Dee 🇳🇿 :
In NZ we’re just lucky to be included on the map 😂
2026-09-05 21:54:12
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Nana 🇨🇦 :
Thank you UN for voting yes 👍👍👍 to this change. I am so tired of all this old nonsense . We all should see the real world on the maps 👍👍👍
2026-09-05 19:47:35
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Akeem :
why does usa care?
2026-09-05 20:52:04
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Norman🇨🇦 :
Why would anyone vote against this?
2026-09-05 23:18:40
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Renagade :
What is the point.
2026-09-06 05:56:12
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Dannie Gall :
the real size
2026-09-05 19:39:07
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Richard 🇨🇦 :
US also against the metric system… a pattern?
2026-09-05 23:51:54
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tboy2380 :
It’s less about Africa being bigger and more about the countries in the north and south being MUCH smaller
2026-09-06 02:09:05
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kent949494 :
look the same
2026-09-06 23:00:26
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Sidarial 🇦🇺 🦈 :
lol.
2026-09-05 23:41:16
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Johnie :
They never ever show the true…
2026-09-07 06:06:00
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gebus006 :
The US is sick... life with unreal.
2026-09-05 23:43:50
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MEMES_CAN :
why did the US protest? it's gonna be easier for them to find Africa on the map
2026-09-05 20:08:51
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and take America off of it
2026-09-05 20:31:02
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fulloholes :
showing it as a larger shit hole.
2026-09-06 02:07:10
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Louis :
Who gives a s….t about the US these days
2026-09-06 03:49:30
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flyeaglesfly1896 :
Who cares
2026-09-06 11:57:51
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