What was the largest island in the world before Australia was discovered?
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This riddle is a great way to poke at the pretensions of scientific/colonial thinking, as if the rest of the world does not exist until it is occupied. This can be varied for any kind of superlative beyond the reaches of Europe, like the tallest mountain, the longest river, etc.
Australia was always the largest island.
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