Australia Fact No. 102 - Chicken Salt is as Aussie as Vegemite, and will be your new best condiment friend.

The name UGG is in a big court case at the moment because it American company trademark and stole the name UGG. And now won't to let Australians use it anymore. Which is bulshit.

An interesting fact about australia is that bushfires have been happaning for so long and so often that some plants actually rely on fire to reproduce and survive.

102: The colony of South Australia was the first to allow women to both vote and stand for election in 1894.

The way he pronounced Kosciuszko really hurt... :(

They also named a pool in Victoria after Harold Holt , we have a strange sence of humour as you drown and they name a pool after you .

62: "Poker machines" are slot machines, not poker games. The returning boomerangs are toys. Practical (hunting and weapon) boomerangs have different aerodynamics and don't return.

Another fun fact: Australia is the home of the longest living civilisation in the world ... the indigenous Australians, or Aboriginals, have been recorded to have lived here for at least 60,000 years!

13:52 we call it a goon sack 14:35 aussies really only wear uggies in the house as slippers, unless yer going to a Centrelink appointment

Thought he’d tell you that the drowned Prime Minister Harold Holt was celebrated by having a public swimming pool named after him. He also is now a piece of rhyming slang. Do the Harold = do the bolt (leave quickly)

19:50 This isn't actually correct, the most venomous creature on earth is still a jellyfish, is still Australian and is still found in the same area of Australia (North Queensland) It is known as the Irukandji and is the same size as an australian $2 dollar coin

As an Australian I want to ask if you can review some more stuff about the indigenous people. They're the traditional owners of our amazing land we share

Our heat is different to what you get in the states due to the elliptical orbit of the earth putting the Southern Hemisphere closer to the sun during summer months. While hot it’s the amount of UV that we get that makes the sun here a whole different issue and is why we have such high skin cancer rates.

I'm from New Zealand and we also call people from England Pomes but I have never heard it relating to a pomegranate, that doesn't even make sense. My understanding is that it stood for 'Prisoner Of Mother England' because of all the convicts sent out.

I work in healthcare in Melbourne and the thunderstorm asthma event in 2016 was crazy. It got to the point that some hospital emergency rooms were so full of people having asthma attacks that they were turning other patients away and telling ambulances with non-asthma patients to go to other hospitals. Basically, Melbourne and the state of Victoria in general has a high pollen count in spring and the wind during a thunderstorm brings more pollen from further away. When people breathe in this large amount of pollen, they get asthma attacks. The event in 2016 was totally unexpected and 10 people died. Some of the patients, including some of the people who died, didn't even know they had asthma until the event happened.

21:54 if you ever see a paper bark tree go up in flames, it looks like a oil fire. Wildfires can do strange things in the swampy areas that paper barks grow, for some reason whole stands of paper barks will be left untouched by fire except for some singed leaves.

It's annoying that exactly when he says "Two of the deadliest spiders in the world" the shot on camera is of a harmless, and super cool golden orb weaver spider, which produces the strongest silk of any spider species. The thunderstorm asthma evend was seriously scary because some people who'd never had asthma symptoms before got them as a result of the storm, including my brother. Good thing his housemate had a ventalin inhaler. I think what happened was that the dry hot conditions meant that there was a lot of dust and loose pollen in the air already, and the storm blew it all over the city. Christmas lunch/dinner in Australia is honestly really great. With my family it usually consists of a big roast ham, a roast chicken and some barbecued garlic prawns that my brother makes himself, followed by pavlova (obvs) and a lemon meringue pie that I make. We have leftovers for days, so I guess that's like what you guys have after Thanksgiving. I have never once heard of green ants in food here, and I work as an entomologist and one of my PhD supervisors was even a leading proponent of edible insects. Australia is very heavy on censoring video games, but I feel like you can get away with more on TV here than in America. I think it's mostly because all of our government ministers responsible for entertainment are just conservative old dudes, so they don't see video games as ligitemate media, and think they're just for kids. Love the video, I definitely agree with the folks who say you should watch The Castle.

There are over seven hundred different species of Eucalyptus (Gum) trees in Australia, but Koalas only eat the leaves of less than 50 species of these trees.

An interesting fact about one of the australian states, victoria, is that over 75% of victoria's population is located in just melbourne alone.

Corrections Continued (I really wish he'd done more research) Most real boomerangs do NOT return. They are a special throwing stick that is much more accurate and increased range from ... a stick. For entertainment, the 2 arms are the same length and the stick returns, but for most hunting one side will be much longer than the other. OK, next whoopsie has to be a mistake. When he talks about Lake Eyre being 15 miles below sea level, he means 15 feet. Only a slight difference.

"Wait it isn't Townsville?" - No, but Townsville is the capital of "getting your car stolen!"

The Ugg boot was first made in Australia with the name Ugg, but the yanks stole the name and trademarked it so we in Australia can't technically call our own boots, the one we invented Ugg boots. They also stole Speedo's from us as well. And it's not poker we are into, it's poker machines, people are addicted over here. And it's not Mount Kosi - cos - co like the man said, it is pronounced Mount Kosi - os - co, these poms can't speak the English language well at all.....

The Red Back is in most ways the local version of Black Widow. The red stripe on the back is different, but both have a almost diamond red patch on the underside. The red colour in fact varies for bright orange to darker brown, almost invisible brown/black. There are very few deaths as antivenom is readily available, Main bites seem to be accidental, in shoes, gloves, moving stuff on the garden or yard, even sitting on the toilet seat, especially outdoor/public facilities. Greater danger are the Sydney Funnel Web, that are actually attack inclined. Really a Sydney issue, related spiders elsewhere are less venomous. I got bitten by a large female Red Back while gardening did no more than wash and bleed the wound, had sore swollen hand, elbow and shoulder for about a day. Note both Red Back and Funnel Web, the males are largely harmless, the females are the danger.

just thought I should say: south Australia not southern Australia. heh love your content!

He’s not with us anymore, but a family friend of ours was on a flight once years back around the time the movie first came out, and his last name was Hogan (the same as Paul Hogan, lead actor of Crocodile Dundee), and so he was asked by the crew when they saw his ticket if he was related, and he fully took advantage of this question and told them that he was his brother 🤣 they moved him into first class and brought him drinks and food on the house lmao

The reasons flights are expensive is because it’s so far away, that’s why when we go on holidays overseas we go for months and go hard 😂

Also, we have a saying. "To do the harold holt" meaning to bolt, or leave/disappear

I seriously love watching your reaction to our normal. I really hope you and your family get to visit our beautiful country someday. Keep up the great work. 👍 loving it 😍 ❤

Watch the first “how to talk Australians”. It’s Indian migrants taking the piss out of us and themselves. Definitely worth watching.

3:00 Everyone forgets about Tassie. You're practically an Aussie at that point

Good Australian move is “The man from Snowy river” 1 & 2

When Melbourne had the severe asthma thunderstorm, I was outside and although I don't often get Asthma, I did that day and couldn't breathe but 000 was receiving such a high call demand we couldn't get through, luckily my neighbours had a nebulizer and I used that!!! Thunderstorm asthma events are believed to be triggered by an uncommon combination of high grass pollen levels and a certain type of thunderstorm, causing pollen grains from grasses to be swept up in the wind and carried long distances. Some pollens can burst open and release tiny particles that are concentrated in the wind just before the thunderstorm. These small particles get deep into the airways and can trigger asthma symptoms.

Oh my god, you actually said *Prawns* on the barbie instead of Shrimp. You sir are a bloody legend in my book 👍

POM is a shortened word for Prisoners of mother England. Which the convicts were.

Living in the Snowy Mountains, near Mt Kosciuszko (Cozzie-Osko), I've lived through no less than two white Christmases.

Being in Sydney my hole life I've never had a white Christmas:( I have however had multiple red backs and sydney funnel webs in my back yard. I can deffinetly tell you would love Aus no matter which state you visit. Keep up the great content.

The history of the ashes is awesome, it became a tradition when Australia first beat England in test cricket. The English were so offended they burnt the stumps and said English cricket is officially dead and fought for it's ashes from then on.

17:33 Australia was founded in 1901. From 1788 it was a colony called “ New South Wales “ Technically not Australia 🥱

the early narrators intro sounds like Ozzy Man's voice doing a pommy accent!

I can't believe that he missed Fraser Island. Its only the biggest sand island in the world.(Its in Queensland of the coast of Harvey Bay) He absolutely butched Mt Kosciuszko and Uluru.

“The Rainbow Serpent” a wonderful story from the Dreamtime, it’s considered as a kids story and read to us at school

Suggestion: you could watch the “meanwhile in Australia” series on KZfaq, it’s a bit of a laugh. Also the internet thing, totally true, also embarrassing since wifi was invented here as well

It's funny hearing others talking about Australia and saying some of the names of animals and cities. If you ever come to Australia, you need a guide and I'm happy to help out!

Fun fact : in honour of Harrold Hold drowning we build a a swimming pool and called it the "Harrold Holt Memorial Swimming pool". If I ever die in unfortunate circumstances I want an unironic thing named after me just like that.

A good Australian movie to watch is “The Castle”. A classic movie with so many quotes from this movie used in our vernacular today 👍

The sand @ Whitehaven beach, its texture is so fine that NASA used it to make the Lens for the Hubble space telescope. A bit of extra trivia.

I recommend Hamilton island. It’s gorgeous, and is an hour boat ride from the Barrier Reef

A good educational Aussie movie you should watch is ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’

No joke set up a crowd fund and we'll get you here, would love to see some live reactions and see you at Mt panorama

Please watch Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and The Sum of Us, and The Dish. In my opinion, the best Aussie films EVER.

😂😂 I remember going into a shop while Christmas shopping, I was very tired, cranky and over heated. Then to hear Bing Crosby singing Dashing through the Snow and I'm dreaming of a White Christmas 🤔🙄 (meanwhile everyone's car was sitting on melting tar in the carpark) I looked at a fella who was waiting while his wife shopped and we both burst out laughing at the juxtaposition of the music in an air conditioned shop while everyone is melting outside. It was funny, made the day! Oh and my first ancestor here was sent out in 1814. Thanks for you reaction😊🌏🪐🍀🌕🙏🌸🇦🇺😂👣🦋🦉🏡🌴🌹🌹🌹🌹

Some corrections; - Australia isn't a continent by itself, the continent is actually Oceania, which includes New Zealand and up to the Timor Islands and Papua New Guinea. - 6 states and 2 territories which are different. - We also have Rottnest Island, Philip Island, the Whitsundays, Hamilton Island and technically Tasmania as islands, plus many more! But they're the popular ones. - almost pronounced it right. Its pronunciation is Mount 'Kozzie-oss-koh'. - Uluru is pronounced 'ool (like the end of 'pool') - uh - roo. - Kangaroo is delicious. You can also get snake and crocodile. - Thunderstorm asthma is caused by downward pressure causing pollen grains to explode causing increased respiratory response. Even those without hayfever and asthma can feel its effects and our first aid courses now come with a special module that specifically trains you for these events. - We also eat Turkey, lamb and BBQ for christmas/new years. - We call wine boxes, goonsacks. Goon means 'cheap wine' and grog means 'cheap beer'. - Australia Day is contentious at the moment as due to a number of atrocities happening on this day to our Indigenous population, some now call it 'Invasion Day' and actively boycott the celebration. - Bathurst and Ballarat are the big ones for Gold Rush towns. And yes it was the largest gold rush ever. - Poker isn't big here, most of it is based on slot machines, it's a serious issue here with very little regulation. - no one likes VB either 😂 - Our internet has got better, but it still does suck haha.

Regarding boomerangs, there are generally 2 styles, the "toy" returning boomerangs, which are what most people imagine when someone says boomerang, and the true boomerang, which is a lot less curved and doesn't return and is generally larger. There is a decent video by Shadiversity about this if anyone is interested.

The red back and the funnel web are venomous (they may be poisonous, but I've never tried to eat either). The funnel web is aggressive, but the red back fairly timid. I've only seen 2 in the house, but there are probably a few dozen hiding around outside.

5:52 is literally right next to my family farm, that is the view I had every day. The town of Dunked is at the bottom of the mountain on the right. It’s called Mount Sturgeon and the one behind it is Mount Abrupt.

Pretty cool that "Party Rock Anthem" is the best selling single ever here, they actually heavily used the Melbourne Shuffle dance style in the music video (and of course the whole "Everyday I'm shuffling" line in the song is referring to said dance move)

Poker machines, known here as pokie machines are "the pokies" are so common that they're frequently seen at pubs (bars), in fact, it's not uncommon for a pub to have 20 or more of the damn things. Only law regarding them is that you need to be 18 and over to use one, otherwise, you're free to piss away your life savings in an afternoon

We have a family of butcher birds in our yard that we are friendly with. One day the male butcher bird was watching my husband mow the yard. Nec minute - it flew down and picked up a eastern brown snake about 1 metre away from hubby. It flew off with it and came back about two minutes later without the snake. Probably hung it in a tree.

Thunderstorm Asthma is getting really prevalent in Melbourne. Ever since that day, we get warnings of potential events every 3 months or so. I remember that day, my sister (never had Asthma in her life) called me just bawling her eyes out and choking- she had no idea what was going on, and couldn't speak. I sped over there, she was purple! Gave her my inhaler, and that eased. She couldn't breathe for about 30 mins before she called me, her boyfriend couldn't get an ambulance that entire time. Because across the city, at the exact same time 8000 people were being treated for the same thing, most never having had Asthma before (so no one had inhalers) and 9 people died. Look it up, it's pretty interesting- and scary!

The main reason why flight tickets are so pricey is because they have to rid the runways of all the drop-bears, mate. :P

Covid makes flights super exxie right now. Also emus are pretty gentle - cassowary are the aggressive ones, and they live where most of us don't.

Snakes here generally go away unless cornered or surprised

Regarding Harry Holt, we have a saying down here when you or someone is about to leave, or has left a social engagement of some sort (whether formal or non-formal) you can say, “I’m gunnu do the Harry,” or if someone asks where is such and such, you can answer “They’ve done the Harry.” Doing the Harry just means “leaving” or “left” whatever place you or someone was at. It’s been part of our vocabulary since Harry Holt vanished.

We have a saying in reference to number 77 Harold Holt going missing. It’s called doing the Hazza. Which is slang for taking off or running away.

You should do Australian inventions next. You'll be surprised.

Loving the Aussie content. Would like to see you do one on the ANZAC history as well as the Aussie defence force.

A really interesting thing is the reason that Australia has bad internet. Back in the 2000s, the government wanted to set up NBN for the country, but that's when political parties started doing the thing of changing their leader mid-term, and they lost the election after, so all the plans to set up wired internet were scrapped, and most were just sent through pre-existing FOXTEL cables. So, it dramatically slowed down performance. However, there are more and more providers who actually provide somewhat normal internet speeds, and the government is setting up the NBN cables again. So HOPEFULLY the problem will be fixed.

Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves. They will occasionally drink water when very dehydrated but asides from that it’s just eucalyptus leaves. Also explains why they sleep almost 24 hours a day cause they don’t get much nutrients from their diet and are apparently pretty stoned from their diet.

Watch the Rabbit Proof Fence for a bit of history and culture 💛

"Wait it isn't Townsville"- my home town. Nice quick reference 😀

I have been a Rural Fire Service of New South Wales member for 41years and have never seen a Eucalyptus tree explode. I have seen them burst into a ball of flames and the main trunk will sprout new leaves within weeks of a major hot fire.

The thing about secret ballot is an oversimplification to the point of being wrong: secret ballot was used in other places before. For example, revolutionary France had secret ballots in 1795. The innovation in South Australia in 1856 was the combination of (1) an official ballot printed at public expense, (2) with the names of all the nominated candidate on it, (3) issued only to voters at the polling place, and (4) marked in secret and submitted anonymously. In Australia this system was called the "Boothby ballot", but when it got adopted in the US it was called the "Australian ballot". The last state in the USA to adopt the Australian ballot was Kentucky, which replaced the _oral_ ballot (i.e. you told the canvassing official who you wanted to vote for and he tallied everyone's votes) in 1891.

You're a super chill, respectable and knowledgeable dude. Definitely come over to Australia sometime bro 😎

I live in Bundaberg, Queensland. There is a small town further north that (as far as I know) is the only town in the world that is a number. The town was known as 1770 but has recently been altered to seventeen seventy. This is the place that James Cook landed to repair his ship after being caught in a storm off the Queensland coast during his voyage up the east coast of Australia. Because of the size of the bay, it is also the only place on the east coast where the sun can be watched setting over the water (with cold beer in hand of course).

I have a few myself; 1. To make the Sydney Funnel-Web Spider scarier, their venom is very fast acting, it takes a mere 15 minutes to kill you. 2. Eastern Browns are deadly little bastards, anytime we had one in a shop, it'd be immediate evacuation and call in a professional to remove it. 3. Thunderstorm-induced asthma attacks are no joke, extremely unpleasant and equally as painful. They've actually become common enough now that they give weather warnings for it. 4. Kangaroos shouldn't be feared for their punches, despite the stereotype of a punching kangaroo, it's their kick you should fear, one kick from a kangaroo can eviscerate a human. Cassowaries are capable of the same damage with a single kick. 5. Unlike in the US, UK and most other countries, voting in Australia is mandatory, if you are 18 years old or older, you *_must_* vote in both the State and Federal elections. If you don't vote, you will face fines, and they're not small either, in fact, the longer you put it off, the worse it gets. 6. Up until 2013, video games could not get an R18+ rating in Australia, the highest they could go was MA15+. 7. Australia has the world's only venomous octopus, the Blue-Ringed Octopus, they might be small and cute, but they're extremely dangerous. 8. Australia also has the only venomous snail, the Cone Snail, also jokingly called the "Cigarette Snail", because you have roughly enough time for one last cigarette before you die to the venom, and with them usually being on shorelines, watch your step at the beach. 9. One globally well-known video game of the PS3/360 generation was actually developed by an Australian studio, L.A. Noire, developed by the now closed studio, Team Bondi but published by Rockstar. Another globally well-known Aussie-made game is Hollow Knight. 10. If a public holiday (what are usually called bank holidays in the UK and unsure about the US equivalent term) in Australia falls on a weekend, the actual day off from said public holiday will be on the Monday after, with the exceptions of ANZAC Day (April 25th) and Easter Sunday. 11. Unlike the US version of Remembrance Day, Australia's is held on November 11th, with most establishments closed until midday, and there is the minute of silence that is always observed at 11:11 A.M., the easiest way to remember when it is is that it's on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. 12. Unlike the US, who use the date format of MM/DD/YYYY, Australia uses the format of DD/MM/YYYY.

Yup! Ugg 👢 boots are an Australian invention 💚

Poker machine = slot machine They are not just in casinos in Australia, they are in pubs and sporting clubs and RSLs (returned services, defence force clubs)

Its not that our summer temps can reach those extremes, it's that when our summers are at those peaks they maintain it for weeks on end. We have weeks of temps around 45C (113F) without it ever dropping below 40C (104F) and I am in Perth at a place very low down on the West side of Oz, one of our cooler regions. When you get further up north those temps increase exponentially and are maintained for longer. And Mount Kosciuszko is pronounced Koz - ee - oss - co. I have been enjoying your Aussie vids, well done mate.

Regarding Poisonous and Venomous. The easy way to remember the difference (since so many get this wrong), is that Venom is Injected (via Fangs etc) and Poison is digested (eaten or drank).

Funny thing about Holt? After he drowned Melbourne memorialised him by... naming a pool after him.

Movies to watch are: The man from Snowy River, Gallipoli, Ned Kelly, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Castle. Mad Max and many more if you look them up. These are just a few.

And in Perth, we have the merry ol' Tiger Snakes - born live, hungry, and with a burning hatred for all life XD

We also have the straightest roads reaching 175kms without a bend in it between Adelaide and Perth. Can be very boring without having a corner to keep you awake

Christmas is usually one long pool party.

As long as you don’t fark with most critters here, they’ll leave you be.

did this man actually say he's never eaten a lamb chop? your ticket to flavour heaven awaits my friend

In Melbourne, there is a swimming pool named after Harold Holt.

You're correct about spiders being venomous rather than poisonous. The main difference is the route of administration. A venom is usually injected through the skin from a bite or a stinger where as a poison usually requires the victim to eat the poison or absorb it through the skin.

Really been enjoying your American Reacts to Australia videos. Hope you come down under one day

Personally, I think we’ve been calling the Brits “Poms” long before any of us ever knew what a pomegranate was!

It's funny as we have the Roo & Emu on our 'Coat of Arms' (as apparently they can only move forward)! But have now made it on the menu in some restaurants 😮!

Interesting fact about Mad Max Fury Road, I built the roll cages and the chassis of the monster trucks in the movie.. I'm a welder by trade & worked on the heavy trucks in the West Aussie gold mines before retiring. I had previously done cages for drag cars, sprint cars & even Craig Lowndes green eyed monster when he drove for Ford. I got 1 of his helmets as a souvenir..

ANZAC Day. Probably the most important day of the year. Our coming of age as a nation.

I myself have found that the brown snake isn’t always as aggressive as what people say, there’s been countless times where a brown snake strolls on through our camp site but when there is a tiger snake they will chase you down for a mile or more

Since the rollout of the NBN and copper phone lines being made obsolete, we have some of the best data speeds for the price. Another fun fact: Aussies invented fibre optic cable which now powers the internet.

I just wanna say that as an Australian I’m pretty sure that Northern Territory doesn’t count as a a state but rather as a Territory as per the name. Same goes for the ACT. I could be wrong though so don’t @ me.

Pommy is actually POME and it came from free Australian settler's! Calling the new convicts that were sent here, pome's prisoner of mother England.

As a Tasmanian, I can say we're used to being over looked, and we kinda like it that way, so don't feel bad. ;)

Been bitten by redbacks numerous times, and snakes are sensitive to vibrations so generally will leave if they feel you nearby

I live an hour west of Brisbane in the bush. About 2 years ago my dog, a pointer, got bitten by an eastern brown snake. She was bitten on the snout where there isn't much of a blood supply but was dead within a few hours despite having anti-venom. She was paralysed in about 20 mins and was cactus shortly after. That was a very shallow bite on the bridge, bony part of her snout but they are very poisonous. Not many people die from snake bites due to modern medicine. I see snakes regularly but just leave them alone and they're fine. They don't wan't any trouble. Just don't bother them when you see them and you'll be fine.