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applegrove

(130,512 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:04 PM 15 hrs ago

True size of Greenland:

🇬🇱 When you take the globe and try to flatten it out, things get very distorted. Places that look tiny are much bigger, and places that look massive are actually tiny.

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 (@dcminx.bsky.social) 2026-01-16T12:00:12.602Z
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True size of Greenland: (Original Post) applegrove 15 hrs ago OP
Also thanks to the mercator projection Africa looks way smaller than it actually is. It's a gigantic continent. Dave Bowman 15 hrs ago #1
Anyone remember the Mercator Projection West Wing episode? Danmel 15 hrs ago #2
Great scene. Very funny. Aristus 15 hrs ago #5
should be required markie 14 hrs ago #6
I think she... 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #9
Tell Donnie Antarctica is bigger larger than all of Europe Historic NY 15 hrs ago #3
A lunar eclipse as seen by flat earthers. Marcuse 15 hrs ago #4
TY, first giggle today. quaint 14 hrs ago #7
Very funny MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #8
;-{) The True Size Of ... Quick Comparisons: Goonch 13 hrs ago #10

Dave Bowman

(6,751 posts)
1. Also thanks to the mercator projection Africa looks way smaller than it actually is. It's a gigantic continent.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:09 PM
15 hrs ago

Aristus

(71,735 posts)
5. Great scene. Very funny.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:26 PM
15 hrs ago

Early appearance by the guy who would portray Dr. Flox on Voyager.

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markie

(23,892 posts)
6. should be required
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:42 PM
14 hrs ago

wouldn't be surprised if he didn't know actual size... just like I don't think Noem knows what the 4th Amendment is... the entire WH group is pathetically ignorant

2naSalit

(100,229 posts)
9. I think she...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 04:32 PM
13 hrs ago

Isn't aware of the Bill of Rights. She did grow up in ND after all, ranks 40th in education, probably can't read very well.

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