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Re:The True Size of Countries by pavel_lishin on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:04PM (#13328880)
> It is surprising that a lot of educated folks don't know about this. I always run into folks who think Greenland is the biggest island.

If it's the only projection you've ever seen - and globes aren't all that common - it's a reasonable misconception.

Kind of makes you wonder what other projections we're carrying around in our heads.

Re:The True Size of Countries by theoh on Thursday January 05, 2017 @02:01PM (#13330240)
Well, speaking for myself, definitely not the Futamura projections. Way too high a level of abstraction to remember.