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An incredibly detailed explanation of why this international nightmare came to be.

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

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Greenland’s position in the northern latitudes means the nation’s size and shape is prone to enormous variations in how it is ...