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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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[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like I've been lied to even though I knew about the mercater projection.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's because you have been lied to.