Bizarre Moments in History

Australia went to war with emus in 1932 and actually lost. Soldiers with machine

guns were sent to stop thousands of emus destroying wheat crops across Western Australia.

The birds were too fast, too smart, and basically impossible to hit.

They scattered when attacked and regrouped later. After weeks of failed attempts and wasted

ammunition, the military withdrew in embarrassment. The emus won. Nintendo started

in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. For nearly a century,

they made beautiful hand painted cards for traditional Japanese games. No consoles,

no Mario, just cards. It wasn't until the 1970s that they pivoted to electronic