Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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