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6 September 2026

UN’s new world map: These 5 continents are actually bigger than you think, changes how we travel

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UN’s new world map: These 5 continents are actually bigger than you think, changes how we travel

For generations, the world map many of us grew up looking at has shaped how we imagine the size of countries and continents. But there is a problem: the familiar Mercator projection does not ...

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