Just wish I could find my WHOGIVESAFLYINGRATSASS punch card.
A continent is larger than a country? Wow.
You mean - as we were told in school in the 50s and 60s - Africa the Sleeping Giant, that was someday going to solve all the world’s problems? Meh.
A stunning NEW Development in Human Knowledge!
Actually pretty interesting.
No matter what, attempting to flatten a 3D object into 2D causes issues.
I didn’t click through to the article, but did someone mention to the breathless headline writer that there are these odd things called ‘globes’ that people can see in museums, let alone in libraries, schools, living rooms, etc.?
I remember years ago talking to a FReeper from England who was telling me how (impressively) big Great Britain was....he said, that from the tip in the south to the tip north of Scotland the distance was 610 miles.
I told him that when I travel west on I-10 and cross into Texas from Louisiana there's a sign that says El Paso, 857 miles.
I also told him that when you get to El Paso, you're still in Texas.
Never heard from him again.
Africa is a continent. China is a country.
Russia is the largest country in the world.
It contains Lake Baikal which is the oldest, largest, clearest and deepest fresh water lake in the world.
This is stupid. China is a country. Africa is a continent. Sheesh. Is our public education system really this bad?
Folks in the Inner City might want to do that Country Comparison ...
Some folks actually think that they come from a Country called Africa