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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
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"I make the world flat. I am always wrong but always useful. The bigger I am the more accurate I am but the less portable. What am I?"
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Answer: A Map. All flat maps of a round Earth are technically wrong — they introduce distortions in area, shape, distance, or direction. Yet maps are enormously useful despite this inaccuracy. A globe is more accurate but impractical to carry.
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