
True Size Of The Earth's Landmasses
Well this blew my mind a little bit. I knew that the Earth's landmasses appear distorted on the typical 2d projection you see in atlases (and google maps) but I had no idea how totally wacky it was. Here's a cool site that lets you drag countries around the globe to compare their true sizes with others:
http://thetruesize.com/
For the biggest "Holy Shit", try dragging Indonesia onto Europe or Russia.