What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? lemonadebunny ( @lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square137fedilinkarrow-up175
arrow-up175message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? lemonadebunny ( @lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square137fedilink
minus-square Kodemystic ( @Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year agoRussia is actually pretty small and it almost fits inside Africa. Try it out: https://www.thetruesize.com/ EDIT: Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
minus-square datendefekt ( @datendefekt@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI think that says more about how unbelievably massive Africa is.
minus-square andyMFK ( @andyMFK@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago“pretty small”, it’s like 2 Canada’s.
minus-square lagomorphlecture ( @lagomorphlecture@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAfrica is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn’t make it sound small to me.
minus-square Kodemystic ( @Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoOk I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
minus-square hazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈 ( @iamhazel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind. Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.
minus-square Velonie ( @Velonie@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoYou got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t… Canada: yes Russia: no South Korea: no China: no Spain: no France: yes Iraq: yes Kyrgyzstan: no Mongolia: yes Japan: no USA: yes Malaysia: yes What pattern is there here???
minus-square hazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈 ( @iamhazel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMaybe if there are territorial disputes / conflicts (Ukraine also no) they do this instead of picking a side? No idea
minus-square lagomorphlecture ( @lagomorphlecture@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHaha I get it now. I thought you were literally trying to say that isn’t very big and I was like “but no, it is!”
minus-square LiquorFan ( @LiquorFan@pathfinder.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoRussia is the biggest country on the planet by land area.
Russia is actually pretty small and it almost fits inside Africa. Try it out: https://www.thetruesize.com/
EDIT: Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
I think that says more about how unbelievably massive Africa is.
“pretty small”, it’s like 2 Canada’s.
Africa is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn’t make it sound small to me.
Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
Wait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind.
Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.
You got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t…
What pattern is there here???
Maybe if there are territorial disputes / conflicts (Ukraine also no) they do this instead of picking a side? No idea
Haha I get it now. I thought you were literally trying to say that isn’t very big and I was like “but no, it is!”
Russia is the biggest country on the planet by land area.