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No hurricane has ever crossed the equator
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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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Most map projections dramatically underestimate the size of the Pacific Ocean:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/point-nemo
We're just not used to seeing this half of the planet depicted, and the Pacific IS almost half of the entire planet.