Which is larger? Yours, or mine? Australia or the United States of America, that is. With the bushfires in Australia out of control incinerating large swathes of the country a map was produced to visually depict how widespread the fires are. For emphasis the map was overlaid on top of America to give people an idea of the scope of the problem Australia is dealing with. Americans responded with disbelief that Australia was just as large as the USA. People were also in shock over how large an area, measured by size of US states, are currently burning. Responses on social media show how shocked and dumbfounded people were learning this.
Here is the image under discussion.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 08 2020, @04:21PM (1 child)
Decades ago when I saw a version of Ronald Regan's world map, it had a spot in the icy north labeled "Palestinian Homeland (proposed)".
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Wednesday January 08 2020, @07:23PM
The version I linked to does show that - on Svalbard by the look of it, or maybe simply on the icecap.