Geography The World Map You Grew Up With Was Wrong — The UN Just Voted to Fix It The UN just voted 164-1 to retire the 456-year-old Mercator map. It's been quietly inflating Greenland to Africa's size for centuries — but Sri Lanka, sitting almost on the equator, was drawn close to honestly the whole time. Here's the math, the history, and what actually changes. Dr Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe 5 Sep 2026 · 11 min read
Geography
Geography
Geography
