earth's moon is 3,400 kilometers wide. australia is 4,000 kilometers wide.

in 1932 the australian army tried to eradicate emus using machine guns.

they lost.

because so many spiders in australia are deadly, they had to block an episode of peppa pig that taught children not to be afraid of spiders.

a mining company in australia kidnapped striking workers and their families and left them in the desert to die.

3 different australian bird species help spread wildfires to make it easier to spot prey.

australia is the only continent without glaciers.

starbucks completely failed to take root in australia, racking up us$143 million in losses in 84 stores before throwing in the towel.

if you're not a magician, it's illegal to own a pet rabbit in queensland, australia.

although australia has more venomous snakes than any other country, it averages just 1 fatal snakebite per year.

in australia, native aboriginals were legally considered animals until 1967.

australia is slightly bigger than earth's moon.

to point out a gender-based double standard, an australian news anchor named karl stefanovic wore the same suit on the air every day for a year.

no one noticed.

66% of 70-year-olds who were born and live in australia will develop skin cancer.

the australian word 'chunder' means 'to vomit'.

the first commercial refrigerator was invented by an australian to keep beer cold.

(good on yer, bruce.)

in australia, if you don't do anything with your bank account for 7 years, the government claims the money, and won't give it back. they collect roughly us$360 million per year this way.

an australian research institute found that 80% of teaspoons disappear. the average period of time that a teaspoon took to disappear was 81 days. no one knows where they go.

(my wife believes that our old deck ate them.)

the most recent versions of wolverine (hugh jackman), spider-man (andrew garfield), batman (christian bale), and superman (henry cavill) - all american comic book characters - were played by men from either australia or the u.k.

katherine mary knight of australia was raped countless times by family members as she grew up. later in life, she murdered her husbands and even made a suit out of one's skin, before cooking up the rest of him and serving him to their children.

more australian sas soldiers die during training than during combat.