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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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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

The Americans will turn literally everything into some sort of pissing contest. I don't give a fuck about their reasons for voting against the change, they'll always have some dumb reason to do dumb American things.

Doesn't change simple historical facts, no matter how much you try to redefine them with a modern lense.