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Discover the hidden truth about the world map in the first episode of Did You Know? with Amish Tripathi! Learn how the widely used Mercator projection distorts the actual shapes and sizes of countries, reflecting a Eurocentric bias. Explore why no 2-dimensional map can be entirely accurate due to the Earth’s spherical nature and uncover how these distortions shape our understanding of geography and history.
Discover the hidden truth about the world map in the first episode of Did You Know? with Amish Tripathi! Learn how the widely used Mercator projection distorts the actual shapes and sizes of countries, reflecting a Eurocentric bias. Explore why no 2-dimensional map can be entirely accurate due to the Earth’s spherical nature and uncover how these distortions shape our understanding of geography and history.