Ha! I said this the other day to a friend as well. The 'typical' (Mercator) view has Greenland looking nearly as big as the continent of Africa. Reality is that

Ha! I said this the other day to a friend as well. The 'typical' (Mercator) view has Greenland looking nearly as big as the continent of Africa. Reality is that it's about 1/4 the size of the mainland US. Still a lot of land but not as big as a lot of people seem to assume. I honestly have no idea how basic math (sphere to flat projection) escapes people.