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I feel like using this holiday period to dish out some interesting facts from Australia in a staggered thread. No #MedTute ( pls dont tempt me).
Australia developed and was the first country to use the polymer banknote as a currency. It was rolled into circulation in 1988.
Australia developed and was the first country to use the polymer banknote as a currency. It was rolled into circulation in 1988.
Although Alexander Fleming is attributed with discovering penicillin, it was actually Howard Florey an Australian who first used it in a clinical trial and treated a patient thereby noting its effectiveness in humans leading to widespread use. They shared the Nobel prize in 1945.
Just like the Uk, Japan, India etc, Australia drives on the left side of the road, so wheels on right, you can still drive a car with left hand wheels as long as you drive per the normal road rules. Around 70% of cars are automatic transmission.
