Deadly Facts About AustraliaTumblr (3.0; @australiaisdeadly)http://australiaisdeadly.com/<p>That’s just a <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/12/12-mile-long-monster-iceberg-drifting-toward-australia/1">12 mile long iceberg</a> headed straight for you, not to worry.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/283528216http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/283528216Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:31 -0800<p>Rats, the animal responsible for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague">bubonic plague</a>, are a <a href="http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=41043">protected species</a> in Australia.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/275335410http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/275335410Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:58:00 -0800<p><h2>Kangaroos, when threatened, will <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/latest-world-news/2009/11/23/australia-man-in-hospital-after-kangaroo-attack-91466-25230649/">DROWN YOUR DOG</a>.</h2></p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/254524101http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/254524101Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:22 -0800<p>THREE WORDS: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24540399-5009760,00.html">MASSIVE BIRD-EATING SPIDERS</a> (And you thought dingos would be coming for your babies?) (mness)</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/156543446http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/156543446Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:05:38 -0700<p>The primary agricultural product of Australia is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil_plant">castor oil plant</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin">ricin</a> production is a cottage industry practiced throughout the country.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/150249138http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/150249138Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:36:40 -0700<p>The atmosphere in Australia is comprised mostly of carbon monoxide, paint funes, and boomerangs.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148575684http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148575684Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:29:00 -0700<p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21240306-662,00.html">Man, drunk off his ass, catches 1.3m shark with his bare hands</a>.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570481http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570481Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:17:24 -0700<p>In 1941 an entire town was swallowed by a sinkhole killing over 1000 people. One kangaroo survived the incident, only to be devoured by dingos the next day. (cwa)</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570166http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570166Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:16:34 -0700<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801711.html">The oldest life on Earth died in Australia</a>.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570008http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148570008Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:16:13 -0700<p>Most popular sports in New Zealand are considered extreme, because when you live that close to death, what have you got to lose?</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569513http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569513Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:15:25 -0700<p>Infants are considered an invasive species in Australia.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569275http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569275Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:15:05 -0700<p>‘Australia’ is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language">Aramaic</a> for ‘The 8th Sin’.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569175http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148569175Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:14:52 -0700<p>Commercial airliners fly above 30000 feet. Not because of any aeronautic reason, but because that’s the safest distance from Australia.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568806http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568806Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:14:07 -0700<p>It’s estimated that by 2012 morgues will outnumber people in Australia 8:1.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568450http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568450Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:13:07 -0700<p>The knife from ‘<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090555/">Crocodile Dundee</a>’ wasn’t a prop; in Australia bowie knives are issued at birth and knife training is compulsory.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568080http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568080Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:12:14 -0700<p>The only fish in Australia are man-eating sharks and man-eating swordfish. There are no fresh water fish in Australia because there is no fresh water in Australia. (bg)</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568261http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148568261Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:12:00 -0700<p>The largest living thing on earth is the Great Barrier Reef.  It used to run amok, eating bison on the midwestern plains, until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin">Steve Irwin</a> caught it and tamed it. (bg)</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148560098http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148560098Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:56:20 -0700<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe">Russell Crowe</a> might be from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand">New Zealand</a>, but we all know where he’s going to die.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148559678http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148559678Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:55:36 -0700<p>A full-sized <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo">dingo</a> is between 8 and 12 feet long, and weighs about 250lbs. (bg)</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148558987http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148558987Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:54:12 -0700<p>Mad Max is the Australian equivalent of Santa Claus.</p>http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148559178http://australiaisdeadly.com/post/148559178Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:54:00 -0700