USA facts
Russia agreed to sell Alaska to the United
States for $7.2 millions or about 4.74 dollars for a square kilometer.
Australia.
1. Each and every part of Australia is within a distance of 1000km from ocean or a beach.
2. 30,028 square km of land is under cattle ranch. This area size is almost the same as that of
the whole Belgium.
3. People of Queensland in Australia are called "Banana Benders", and "Sand Gropers" is the
name given to the people from Western Australia.
4. There are nearly 20,000,000 people in Australia, of which approximately 80% live in cities
next to the sea.
5. Australia has, probably, the lowest population density of any country in the world, ie, 2
people per square km. Japan has 327 people/2km.
6. The area of Australia that is covered by snow in winter is larger than the area of
Switzerland.
7. 70% of the world's wool comes from Australia. We have over 126,000,000 sheep, which