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Visualization of Mercator distortion (feddit.de)
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This is a 5000km circle centered around Paris.

Found here: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924622615693114&id=100044361527327&set=a.610868297068549

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[–] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

https://www.thetruesize.com

If you want to play with it yourself and compare countries.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TIL the US and China are about the same size.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

“Always” have been. They're at roughly the same latitude.