Daily Absurd Fact

Fact that sounds absurd: In 1932, Australia declared war on Imus, as over 30 thousand of the flightless birds threatens farmers’ crops during the time of depression. The farmers reported the invasion of the emus. Soon after, the Aussie’s army went and tried to save the farmers. After a month, the army lost the war to a group of flightless birds.

“The machine-gunners’ dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.”