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In 1932, the Australian military deployed soldiers with machine guns against 20,000 emus. The emus won.
The Allies strapped fake invasion plans to a corpse, dressed him as a Royal Marines officer, and dumped him off Spain. The Nazis fell for it completely.
In 1518, a woman in Strasbourg started dancing in the street and couldn't stop. Within a month, 400 people had joined her. Some danced until their hearts gave out.