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SYDNEY, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The charity fad of pouring ice cold water over people's heads has translated into more than 1 million Australian dollars (78 million U.S. dollars) for a motor neurone disease research project in Australia.
Australians were part of a world-wide fundraising campaign for research into the disease which involved people being dunked in ice cold water.
It was announced on Monday that 1 million Australian dollars had been raised through the initiative.
Tens of thousands of Australians participated in the ice bucket challenge by having a bucket of ice and water poured over their heads and uploading the footage to social media to raise awareness and drive fundraising.
