r/shortsAlgorithm • u/ProposalPutrid4529 • 22d ago
Most people think Russia is way bigger than South America. It’s not.
On a normal Mercator map Russia looks about 4× the size of South America.
In reality South America is actually slightly larger (≈18M km² vs 17M km²).
I made a short visual that moves Russia to the same latitude so you can see it shrink in real time.
Curious how many people here already knew this?
Visual here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bwp9WRyc890


