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At first glance, the Philippines may seem small on a world map, but appearances can be misleading. With over 300,000 kmΒ² of land spread across its islands, the country is actually larger than many assume.
This misconception largely comes from the Mercator projection, one of the most commonly used map styles. While it preserves shape and direction, making it useful for navigation, it significantly distorts size. Areas near the poles appear much larger, while countries closer to the equator, like the Philippines, are minimized.
Because of this, places like Greenland often look enormous, sometimes comparable to Africa, when in reality, it spans about 2.1 million kmΒ², roughly seven times the size of the Philippines, not dramatically larger as maps may suggest. Meanwhile, the Philippines even exceeds the land area of the United Kingdom, which measures around 243,000 kmΒ².
Maps help us understand the world, but they donβt always tell the full story. Recognizing how projections influence what we see allows us to better interpret global size and scale, and appreciate the Philippines for its true geographic extent. #Philippines #map #cartography
Sunni Kirkites (followers of ErikAisha Kirk, the Kirk podcast cohost sahaba)
Shii Kirkites (followers of Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson)
Candace's Charlie receipts are like the Ghadir Khumm hadith where Charlie Kirk appoints Candace as his khalifah.
The people doing sahih (kathib) al kirki is his wife and podcast companions releasing his mysterious "Stop" unreleased book. Kirk's TPUSA companions all sold his legacy out and suport Aisha Kirk's deviation from what Charlie al Kirki stood for.
The Turning Point sahaba claim they hold the real truth to what Charlie said and would've said. ErikAisha Kirk published an unreleased book allegedly written by Charlie right after his death. They claim to be in true orthodoxy with what Charlie preached. They even said "He wanted Erika to be president." Which is absolutely makthoub Kirki hadith.
Candace says no and is fought and ostracized and forced to preach Shia Kirkism from some bunker.
@backseats_eth College humor became Dropout, which is greatβbut we need other companies with Dropout-level money funding indie comedy & short form.
i find it utterly fascinating how prevalent avocado is in the diverse canon of Philippine cuisine because we are not in the top 20 world producers of the fruit, let alone top 5 in Asia.
This is the video that #MichaelJackson played for us when he came into the #XMen (2000) offices, to convince us he could play Professor Xavier.
#TrueStory