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LeVanLoi'log, ⌚ 2025-03-11
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Tác giả: Lê Văn Lợi tổng hợp
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19 things we bet you didn't know about Australia!

  1. Most of Australia's exotic flora and fauna cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
  2. The name ‘Australia’ comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, meaning southern.
  3. It is estimated humans have lived in Australia for around 45,000 years.
  4. Australia has over 750 different reptile species, more than any other country in the world.
  5. Australia is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow.
  6. The biggest property in Australia is bigger than Belgium.
  7. The world’s oldest fossil, which is about 3.4 billion years old, was found in Australia.
  8. Australia’s first police force was made up of the best behaved convicts. 
  9. Kangaroos and emus cannot walk backward  – which is one of the reasons they’re on the Australian coat of arms.
  10. If you visited one new beach in Australia every day, it would take over 27 years to see them all.
  11. The male platypus has strong enough venom to kill a small dog. 
  12. And when the platypus was first sent to England, it was believed the Australians had played a joke by sewing the bill of a duck onto a rat.
  13. Before 1902, it was illegal to swim at the beach during the day. 
  14. A retired cavalry officer, Francis De Groot stole the show when the Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened. Just as the Premier was about to cut the ribbon, De Groot charged forward on his horse and cut it himself, with his sword. The ribbon had to be retied, and De Groot was carted off to a mental hospital. He was later charged for the cost of one ribbon. 
  15. Australia has 3.3x more sheep than people. 
  16. A kangaroo is only one centimetre long when it is born.
  17. If all the sails of the Opera House roof were combined, they would create a perfect sphere. The architect was inspired while eating an orange.
  18. In 1940, two aircraft collided in midair, in NSW. Instead of crashing, the two planes became stuck together and made a safe landing. 
  19. Chinese explorers travelled to Australia long before Europeans arrived. As early as the 1400s, sailors and fisherman came to Australia for sea-cucumbers and to trade with Indigenous peoples. 

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21 crazy facts about Australia 🇦🇺
1. Australia is wider than the Moon – The Moon has a diameter of 3,474 km, while Australia’s width from east to west is about 4,000 km.
2. There’s a lake that’s naturally pink – Lake Hillier in Western Australia is bubblegum pink, and scientists still aren’t entirely sure why.
3. More kangaroos than people – Australia’s human population is around 26 million, but kangaroo numbers can exceed 50 million.
4. It’s home to the longest fence in the world – The Dingo Fence stretches 5,614 km to keep dingoes away from fertile land.
5. 90% of Australians live near the coast – Despite its massive size, most Aussies prefer coastal living.
6. There’s a town that lives underground – Coober Pedy in South Australia has underground homes to escape extreme heat.
7. Australia has over 10,000 beaches – Visiting one new beach every day would take 27 years!
8. It’s home to the world’s longest straight road – The Eyre Highway has a 145.6 km stretch of dead-straight road.
9. Drop bears are real… sort of – Aussies joke about “drop bears,” a fictional, aggressive version of koalas.
10. Australia has a larger population of camels than Egypt – There are over 1 million feral camels, and Australia exports them.
11. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth – It’s visible from space and spans 2,300 km.
12. There’s a mountain named “Mount Disappointment” – It was named by explorers who were let down by the view.
13. Snowfall in Australia can be heavier than in Switzerland – The Australian Alps get more snow than the Swiss Alps.
14. Aussies once lost a Prime Minister at the beach – Harold Holt vanished while swimming in 1967 and was never found.
15. There’s a floating post office – The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox where you can post waterproof letters.
16. Australia is home to the world’s deadliest creatures – Box jellyfish, funnel-web spiders, stonefish, and taipans, to name a few.
17. Vegemite is banned in some prisons – It can be used to brew alcohol!
18. The Emu War actually happened – In 1932, Australia fought a war against emus… and lost.
19. Perth is the most isolated major city on Earth – It’s closer to Jakarta than to Sydney.
20. Canberra was chosen as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne couldn’t agree – So they built a new city.
21. You can surf on sand dunes – Places like Lancelin (WA) and Stockton Beach (NSW) have massive dunes for sandboarding.
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1. Dãy núi Alps của Úc có nhiều tuyết hơn dãy núi Alps của Thụy Sĩ.
2. 90% người Úc sống ở bờ biển.
3. Tasmania có không khí trong lành nhất thế giới.
4. Rạn san hô Great Barrier là hệ sinh thái lớn nhất thế giới. Nó bao gồm gần 3.000 rạn san hô riêng lẻ và có thể nhìn thấy từ không gian.
5. Úc có hơn 60 vùng sản xuất rượu vang riêng biệt.
6. Đảo Fraser ở QLD là hòn đảo cát lớn nhất thế giới.
7. Tuyến tàu Indian Pacific có đoạn đường ray thẳng dài nhất thế giới.
8. Đường Great Ocean là đài tưởng niệm chiến tranh lớn nhất thế giới.
9. 80% động vật Úc chỉ có ở Úc.
10. Úc có sân golf dài nhất thế giới với chiều dài hơn 1.350 km.
11. Úc là nơi sinh sống của 21 trong số 25 loài rắn độc nhất thế giới.
12. Phải mất khoảng 29 năm để ghé thăm một bãi biển mới của Úc mỗi ngày – có tới 10.685 bãi biển!
13. Úc là quốc gia lớn thứ 6 trên thế giới.
14. 91% diện tích đất nước được bao phủ bởi thảm thực vật bản địa.
15. 33% người Úc sinh ra ở một quốc gia khác.
16. Úc là châu lục duy nhất trên thế giới không có núi lửa đang hoạt động.
17. Úc là nơi có hàng rào dài nhất thế giới, Hàng rào Dingo. Ban đầu được xây dựng để ngăn chặn loài dingo khỏi vùng đất màu mỡ, hàng rào này hiện dài 5.614 km.
18. Đồng đô la Úc được coi là loại tiền tệ tiên tiến nhất trên thế giới – không thấm nước, được làm bằng polymer và nổi tiếng là khó làm giả.
19. Úc là châu lục duy nhất được bao phủ bởi một quốc gia duy nhất.
20. Hóa thạch lâu đời nhất thế giới được phát hiện ở Úc – 3,4 tỷ năm tuổi.
21. Úc là nơi sinh sống của hơn 1.500 loài nhện.