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In 1932, Australia declared war on emus because they were destroying crops. Despite using machine guns, the birds were too fast and clever, leading to the government’s humiliating defeat.
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In 1518, hundreds of people in France started dancing uncontrollably for weeks. Some died from exhaustion, but no one knows why it happened.
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A huge molasses storage tank burst in Boston, sending a 35-foot wave of sticky syrup through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150.
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Napoleon ordered a rabbit hunt, but his men gathered thousands of tame rabbits instead of wild ones. When released, the rabbits charged at him instead of running away!
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Oregon officials tried to blow up a dead whale with dynamite, thinking seagulls would eat the remains. Instead, whale chunks rained down on people and cars.
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After a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia, global temperatures dropped so much that it snowed in June, crops failed, and people starved.
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The CIA spent millions trying to turn a cat into a spy by implanting a microphone in it. The plan failed when the cat was hit by a taxi during its first mission.
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The British used a fake dead soldier with a briefcase of false documents to trick the Nazis, making them move troops to the wrong place. It worked perfectly!
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both atomic bombings in Japan—he was in Hiroshima when the first bomb dropped, then traveled to Nagasaki just in time for the second.
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In the early 1900s, the Eiffel Tower was supposed to be dismantled and sold for scrap metal after 20 years. It was only saved because it was useful as a radio antenna.
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