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When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

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The country appears to be about the same size as Africa, however, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger. Greenland is just 2,166,086 square kilometres (sq km), whereas Africa is ...