Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Australia went to war against a bunch of birds—and lost. In 1932, tens of thousands of emus started destroying farmland. The military sent soldiers armed with machine guns to take them out. But the birds were too fast, too unpredictable, and impossible to kill in large numbers. The emus won, and the government eventually gave up!

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