# Fun facts about Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252 "2011-12-06T09:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/61 "2011-12-07T23:44:20Z")
“Empty” is just what They tell people. The reason it doesn’t collapse inward is the high pressure sulphur dioxide atmosphere inside, necessary to keep things comfy for the aliens living and working in there. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/62 "2011-12-08T11:24:04Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > “Empty” is just what They tell people. The reason it doesn’t collapse inward is the high pressure sulphur dioxide atmosphere inside, necessary to keep things comfy for the aliens living and working in there. Shhh… The fact that it’s a giant bouncy castle is meant to be a secret… ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/63 "2011-12-08T11:29:10Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Every form of native Australian wildlife doesn’t want to kill you. > > It _has_ to kill you - due to its innate, unstoppable urge. On the other hand only a very few have an innate, unstoppable urge to eat you. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/64 "2011-12-08T11:36:39Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > “Empty” is just what They tell people. The reason it doesn’t collapse inward is the high pressure sulphur dioxide atmosphere inside, necessary to keep things comfy for the aliens living and working in there. Does anybody think the proximity of the US’s satellite tracking station at Pine Gap to Uluru is merely a co-incidence? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/65 "2011-12-08T11:42:12Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Does anybody think the proximity of the US’s satellite tracking station at Pine Gap to Uluru is merely a co-incidence? I think you have said too much already. :dubious: (I knew we couldn’t trust anyone with such a social butterfly name). ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/66 "2011-12-09T00:45:41Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > If you think the animals are venemous, you should see the women. I’m only half Aussie, so I’ll only make you sick for a while. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/67 "2011-12-09T00:58:35Z")
> [@campp](#): > > I still want to know about the gigantic empty rock. I mean, _WTH?__Empty?_ It’s hollow, but not empty. That’s where the dingoes stash the babies. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/68 "2011-12-09T03:50:12Z")
Contrary to popular belief, Aussies do not eat their dead. At least, that’s their story, and they’re sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/69 "2011-12-09T03:55:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Contrary to popular belief, Aussies do not eat their dead. At least, that’s their story, and they’re sticking to it. Have you ever seen a dead Australian? Where do you think they all go? (There’s no room in Uluru, with all those dingoes, babies and American spies.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252/70 "2011-12-09T04:01:32Z")
It is not true that Aussie beaches are closed every day for lunch. Swiming is still allowed during shark feeding hours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-about-australia/605252.md?page=3)