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Re:The True Size of Countries by thrownblown on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:58AM (#13328800)
You people are silly. If Australia is an island, then Antarctica wins. 'Nuff said.

ANTARCTICA 5,400,000 sq mi AUSTRALIA 2,969,900 sq mi GREENLAND 836,330 sq mi

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Re:The True Size of Countries by peeters on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:15PM (#13329693)
...I never said it wasn't? I was just objecting to calling North America an island.
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Re:The True Size of Countries by beojan on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:39PM (#13329977)
He was referring to the fact that Antarctica isn't connected to any other continent either.
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Re:The True Size of Countries by peeters on Thursday January 05, 2017 @03:56PM (#13331309)
I know, and I never said it was--hence my confusion at being called silly for my post (which was purely objecting to calling North America an island, since it IS connected by land).
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