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After sending astronauts to space, Australia realized their Vegemite was useless. This was the 1990s—the nadir of the space race—so the Australians spent an absurd amount of money to develop a condiment that works in zero gravity. Rumored to cost at least $1 million (about $9 million in today’s dollarydoos), the “Spacemite” can be spread upside down, at extreme temperatures, and even underwater. This feat of Oceanian inventiveness allowed astronauts to eat in space.In the 90's, Australia had a few astronauts trained up to go to the ISS and CSIRO commissioned a number of scientific studies. One of these involved Cane Toad mating behaviours in zero-G. Unfortunately they got loose on the ISS and they had to quickly think up a solution. So, they contracted the US team that designed the zero-G pen in the 60's (some guys had to come out of retirement) to design the zero-G golf club. The Bull Ant study had to be cancelled after that little problem.
Faced with a similar flavour problem, the Russians drank used lubricating fluid instead.