A crazy event...Recorded in world history.

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A crazy event...Recorded in world history.

1. The Great Emu War:

In 1932, the Australian Army declared war on the "emus" who came to devour the crops. Soldiers with heavy machine guns invaded the flock of birds, but the results showed that the emus ran so fast and dispersed so well that machine gun shells couldn't do anything to them. The conclusion was that the army had to retreat and give up, humiliating to the flock of birds.

Reference Source: Scientific American - The Great Emu War of 1932

2. The Plague of Dancing (The Dancing Plague of 1518):

There was a strange incident in Strasbourg, when hundreds of people came out to dance in the middle of the street like crazy without stopping for days until some died of fatigue and heart attack. Historians now estimate that it may have been caused by mold toxins on bread or mass Hysteria from cumulative stress.

Reference source: The Guardian - Keep on moving: the bizarre dance epidemic of 1518

3. The War of the Oaken Bucket:

In 1325, the city of Modena and the city of Bologna in Italy fought a fierce war, only because Modena city soldiers secretly stole "watering wooden barrels" from the public wells of Bologna. The war killed more than 2,000 people, and that wooden barrels are now still preserved in a tower at Modena as a victory memorial.

Reference Source: History Defined - The War of the Oaken Bucket

4. The London Beer Flood:

In 1814, a giant beer fermentation tank in a central London brewery exploded, resulting in more than 1.4 million litres of beer pouring out into a tidal wave, destroying homes and killing eight people. The court ruled that it was an "Act of God," preventing brewery owners from compensating for damages.

Reference source: BBC News - The London Beer Flood of 1814

5. Epic Marathon Olympics 1904:

This is the most bizarre race, from runners sneaking on buses, being chased by wolves, to winners who can finish the finish line because Dope "bore a rat" mixed with brandy, almost died after receiving a medal, a marathon that destroys all the rules of reasonableness of the world.

Reference Source: Smithsonian Magazine - The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever

"Sometimes history is not driven by heroes...But driven by human mockery. "

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