To scale

TorgoX on 2003-06-14T14:53:17

Dear Log,

Here is today's fun fact from the Internet, which I present here in the form of artily minimalist blank verse:

Israel
is smaller
than Belize.


I can see my family's home cities from here!

citizenx on 2003-06-18T11:41:26

1948 Israel, though, is easily larger than Belize today.

I find it interesting that the comparative areas ("slightly smaller than New Jersey" for Israel and "slightly smaller than Massachusets" for Belize) still make me think of Israel as larger. Am I wrong about these states? Is Rhode Island not actually shown at 1:1 scale on a map?