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The world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projection (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure that was high on the list of demands for African counties, kept in a debt trap and exploited.

[โ€“] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Best we can offer is changing a map.