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Did you know that ...<\/p>\n
* Like Indonesia, Australia has three time zones, namely NE\/SE
\n(GMT+10), Central (GMT+9), and West (GMT+8),
\n* Australian approved investment in Indonesia has reached US$8.8
\nbillion, mainly concentrated in coal and gold mining, making it
\nthe ninth largest foreign investor (based on investment
\napprovals),
\n* Since the 1960s, many Aboriginal people, indigenous
\nAustralians, have written and published poetry, novels and plays
\nin English as well as some indigenous languages. Writers include
\nOodgeroo Nunukul, Gary Lee, Kevin Gilbert, Jack Davis, Roger
\nBennett, Pat Torres and Bob Maza,
\n* Ernie Dingo, an Aboriginal actor, dancer, and comedian, played
\na role in Crocodile Dundee II.
\n* Cloncurry in Queensland is the hottest place on the continent,
\nwith the temperature sometimes reaching 53 degrees Celsius, and
\nCharlotte Pass in New South Wales is considered the coldest
\nplace, with the lowest temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsius,
\n* According to the latest data, the number of mobile phone users
\nin Australia totals 8.19 million people,
\n* The secret ballot now used around the world was first
\nintroduced in the Australian colony of Victoria in 1855,
\n* Of the 770 Australian reptiles, 685 are found nowhere else,
\n* Nine of the world's 10 most poisonous snakes are found in
\nAustralia,
\n* All of the world's 10 most poisonous spiders are found in
\nAustralia,
\n* The first words from an Australian language were written down
\nin 1770 by Captain Cook. They included kang-ooroo, the name for a
\nspecies of large black kangaroo,
\n* Almost 54 percent of the adult population own shares in
\npublicly listed companies, making Australia the largest share-
\nowning country in the world,
\n* Australia ranks second (to Japan) in the WHO's healthy life
\nexpectancy rankings with the average life expectancy of between
\n55 and 76 for men and 59 and 82 for women,
\n* Australia has seen 5.7 million migrants arrive from over 140
\ncountries, with more than 590,000 people arriving under
\nhumanitarian programs. Today the overall population reaches 19.4
\nmillion people,
\n* Australia is the only nation on Earth to govern an entire
\ncontinent and is world number six in land area,
\n* Australian innovations and inventions include a radio telescope
\ncapable of transmitting TV pictures of man's first steps on the
\nmoon, pioneering work in microsurgery, the black box flight
\nrecorder, the world's most efficient solar cells, and the world's
\nfirst nanomachine.<\/p>",
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