Things I learned today (Part 1)

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Russia is tiny

Yeah, but you cant do that.

Greenland always looks enormous on maps but itā€™s actually merely a huge place.

about half the size of Oz

The mercator projection is a mind control device by the white man to diminish the size of Africa.

Less. Western Australia is bigger than Greenland

I showed the Peters Projection to an African taxi driver one night and it blew his mind. He laughed the whole way home. Couldnā€™t get over it.

If we canā€™t use racist tropes about Divock Origiā€™s pecker any more all we have left is the Mercator projection.

How did you like India? Would love to fuck off with a backpack to northern India like Manali for a look.

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Great, mad pace then. Did a well worn route, flew to Bombay, month in Goa on beach, Bangalore, Hampi, Allepay to Cochin backwater trip, then nearly 2 months on Kovolam beach just smoking weed and swimming. Then Madurai, Madras, Varanasi on the Ganges. 2 day bus ride to Kathmandu then, few weeks on a lake in Nepal, what a trip

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How many times did the World fall out of your arse over the 6 months?

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Just the once, have the constitution of a fucking horse. First few weeks wouldnā€™t eat anywhere unless recommended by Lonely Planet. For a finish Iā€™d eat off the ground, no bother

LA Lakers used to be based in the state of Minnesota and named Minneapolis Lakers.

I learned that the tans and yanks forcibly repatriated nearly 1m eastern Europeans or people from Soviet controlled countries after WW2. They were a mix of people who escaped Russia or fought against Russia and they were all sent to the Gulags to die after torture.

Thereā€™s such a thing as a yellow penguin.

As mentioned previously Wolfe Tone had a big influence on the Napoleonic story. His son Theobald Wolf Tone Jr is more commonly referred to in French as ā€˜Le Petit Loupā€™ (the little wolf) had a big part in Napoleonā€™s cavalry. As a result he took part in Marshal Neyā€™s massed cavalry charge at the battle against the British lines

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Donā€™t forget about the weanlings

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VG

Weans in Derry are children

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