The lesson started by revealing the surprising fact that fourteen Greenlands could fit inside the continent of Africa. Check out TheTrueSize.com for a neat interactive map that allows you to move around different countries to see how their size compares to other countries and continents. If you’re looking for some more reading, here’s an article from Smithsonian Magazine about the history of maps and how far they have come over the past centuries. Vox News also made a video talking about the impossibility of accurate two-dimensional maps where they even use an inflatable globe to explore the concept, watch it here.

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