@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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mmww791
mmww791 :
What did they solve by this
2026-09-05 22:04:55
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nymedega
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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caperfrogman
B.CBear :
Well United States losses again on votes 🤣
2026-09-05 20:50:20
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zeekingly
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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windrummond987
Win Drummond987 :
Who in the fuck is the un.
2026-09-06 03:32:29
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ravensscream2022
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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swanie.hjh
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_therestlessempire
Dee 🇳🇿 :
In NZ we’re just lucky to be included on the map 😂
2026-09-05 21:54:12
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nana20262026
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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mr.randy.watson
Akeem :
why does usa care?
2026-09-05 20:52:04
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norman123
Norman🇨🇦 :
Why would anyone vote against this?
2026-09-05 23:18:40
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renagade5912
Renagade :
What is the point.
2026-09-06 05:56:12
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dannie.gall
Dannie Gall :
the real size
2026-09-05 19:39:07
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richardrjsl
Richard 🇨🇦 :
US also against the metric system… a pattern?
2026-09-05 23:51:54
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tboy2380
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
kent949494 :
look the same
2026-09-06 23:00:26
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sidarial
Sidarial 🇦🇺 🦈 :
lol.
2026-09-05 23:41:16
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johnie6552
Johnie :
They never ever show the true…
2026-09-07 06:06:00
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gebus006
gebus006 :
The US is sick... life with unreal.
2026-09-05 23:43:50
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qvkm2026
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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duaneaubie173
[email protected] e trans :
and take America off of it
2026-09-05 20:31:02
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fulloholes3
fulloholes :
showing it as a larger shit hole.
2026-09-06 02:07:10
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lmloop00
Louis :
Who gives a s….t about the US these days
2026-09-06 03:49:30
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flyeaglesfly1896
flyeaglesfly1896 :
Who cares
2026-09-06 11:57:51
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