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[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ahhh, yeah, that makes so much more sense!

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Its quite misleading that regions with (almost) no inhabitants have the same colour as the open sea (although, technically, there are also no people living).

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha, I had the exact train of thoughts as well: "That makes no sense! Unless ..."

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was wondering why there were these big lakes in the Sahara 🤦‍♀️

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Me too... I also bet some Canadian would wonder why large areas of his country have dissolved.