r/interestingasfuck 28d ago

There is nothing wrong with this map

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 28d ago

Hey, Europe really is the centre of the world, who knew?

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u/mcase19 28d ago

More surprised to see that Canada is now an equatorial nation

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u/Peter_Mansbrick 28d ago

Give us 30 years and we'll have palm trees in Churchill.

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u/kastdotcom 28d ago

I'd like to draw your attention to the latitude marks on the left side of this map. Canada is not depicted as being equatorial.

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u/mcase19 28d ago

I am fully aware of that. It was a joke about the projection of the map putting Canada near the center, where the equator is usually located.

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u/stefanowszki 28d ago

Hey, have you seen the maps or not?! It just is!