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The Great War of the Emu
The Australian military’s conflict with Emus was the only conflict between humans and animals. The Australian military launched “The Great Emu War” in 1932 in an attempt to use machine guns to kill emus. No emu had been killed despite 2,500 rounds of gunfire being shot six days after the initial encounter. When Australian troops discovered they could not kill the Emus economically because of the birds’ positioning strategies, the result was a forced retreat.
Two Automobile Accidents in Ohio
In 1895, there were only two automobiles on the road in the whole state of Ohio, and the drivers of these two vehicles collided.
Three Prussian Inmates
A letter protesting that England was being forced to accept deported Prussian prisoners was published in a major London newspaper in the late 1700s. The British wanted it stopped because they were incensed. The commotion suggested that England was too good for Prussian POWs, which infuriated the Prussians. Before it all turned out to be a hoax, both countries got involved and were on the verge of war. Years later, it was discovered that the original letter had been written by Benjamin Franklin, who was bored and spending six months in England as an ambassador. Franklin only wanted to stir up problems and watch.
The Initial Mooning
A Roman soldier mooned Jewish pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem in 66 A.D., the first known “Mooning” in history. Thousands of people died as a result of the unrest and the Roman military’s overreaction.
Bullet Charity
The Turks were in charge of Greece in 1821. Greek fighters besieged a Turkish force on the Acropolis during Greece’s struggle for independence. The Turks started disassembling the marble columns to utilize the lead within as bullets when they ran out of ammunition. With the instructions, “Here are bullets, don’t touch the columns,” the Greeks delivered them ammo.
Airdrop of Supplies
A Nationalist garrison was besieged early in the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalists chose to airdrop supplies because their air was superior to that of the area. Their chosen strategy for ensuring that the parcels reached the ground undamaged is what makes it funny. They fastened a turkey to each container rather than using a parachute. Although it couldn’t bear the weight, it could somewhat slow it down during descent, and unlike a parachute, you could eat a turkey.
The War of Liechtenstein
None of the 80 soldiers dispatched were hurt during Liechtenstein’s final battle in 1886, and 81 of them returned, along with a new Italian “friend” they had made.
Storming of the Bastille
Only seven elderly men, none of whom were political prisoners, were imprisoned in the notorious fortress and prison when the Third Estate stormed the Bastille and ignited the French Revolution. At the moment, they were the only people inside, and Whyte de Malleville, an Irish man who was inebriated and insane, was one of them. He had no idea what was happening.
Unruly Monkeys
In an effort to create disorder during the opium war, the Chinese burned monkeys and threw them at British ships.
The Moscow Party
Russians partied so hard that Moscow literally ran out of vodka in the twenty-two hours between the radio announcement of Germany’s capitulation during World War II and Joseph Stalin’s speech to the country.
