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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Russia is actually pretty small and it almost fits inside Africa. Try it out: https://www.thetruesize.com/

EDIT: Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it's still really huge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

I think that says more about how unbelievably massive Africa is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"pretty small", it's like 2 Canada's.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it's still really huge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Russia is the biggest country on the planet by land area.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it's still really huge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a neat website, but is there any way to rotate the countries?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Africa is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn't make it sound small to me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it's still really huge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait so it's purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind.

Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can't find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn't..

  • Canada: yes
  • Russia: no
  • South Korea: no
  • China: no
  • Spain: no
  • France: yes
  • Iraq: yes
  • Kyrgyzstan: no
  • Mongolia: yes
  • Japan: no
  • USA: yes
  • Malaysia: yes

What pattern is there here???

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe if there are territorial disputes / conflicts (Ukraine also no) they do this instead of picking a side? No idea