X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,4337e343baaa291d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-18 21:01:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 305 From: ABCGi References: <374oa-dmp.ln1@rander.dk> Organization: CodeMonkey Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 24 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:01:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.137.97.231 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1037682102 144.137.97.231 (Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:01:42 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:01:42 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20747 "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote in news:arbtfe$h413a$1@ID- 102694.news.dfncis.de: > http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Geography/Original/g00010d.html >> What is the biggest island in the world? >> >> Greenland covers 2175000 square kilometres. Australia is bigger, but it >> is usually regarded as a continental land mass, not an island. > > http://www.didyouknow.cd/islands.htm > > Well, at least you can boast your unique plant and animal life. :) I live in Australia and I think over here we claim to be the world's largest island and a continent to boot :-) Not even the dictionary bears that out as an island is a landmass entirely surrounded by water (but smaller than a continent). I don't care either way 8) But then some history books over here say we had the worlds only "peaceful" settlement of a native population... by the English - which is a load of bollocks! -- http://users.bigpond.net.au/abcgi