Humans perceive the size of the world based on all of the following factors except __________.

People often perceive the world as smaller when travel, communication, and shipping take less time. The number of miles around the Equator is a fixed measurement of Earth's size, not a factor that changes how large the world seems in everyday life. Therefore, “the number of miles around the Equator” is the exception.

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