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2023-04-18 20:26:04 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D9FD6A698349255126258747F0D957C3424D268DBDFAC154B82ADDB122DA1D8A
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Since Mercator projection is used in making many maps, some country sizes are increasingly distorted the further they are from the equator Russia's land mass: Approx 6,593,000 sq mi Africa's land mass: Approx 11,724,000 sq mi Russia has a more distorted size on those maps https://www.newsweek.com/true-scale-countries-russia-africa-tiktok-video-mercator-projection-1687697 https://www.britannica.com/place/Africa https://www.britannica.com/facts/Russia
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