History is full of strange and unbelievable stories — and not all of them are myths. Some are 100% real, even if they sound like they came from a movie script.

Here are 7 historical events that sound totally fake… but actually happened.

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1. The Great Emu War (Australia, 1932)

Yes, Australia really went to war with a bunch of birds.
After emus started destroying crops, the military stepped in — with machine guns. The birds were too fast, and the army gave up.

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2. Napoleon Was Once Attacked by Bunnies

Napoleon Bonaparte once hosted a rabbit hunt for his men. But the event went wrong when the rabbits — instead of running — charged at the soldiers.

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3. A Man Survived Two Atomic Bombs

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima when the first bomb dropped. He survived — and returned home to Nagasaki.
Days later, he survived the second bomb too.
He lived into his 90s.

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4. A Pope Put Another Pope on Trial — After He Died

Pope Stephen VI had his dead rival Pope Formosus dug up and put on trial.
They dressed the corpse in church robes, asked questions, and even punished him after the “trial.”
It’s known as the Cadaver Synod.

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5. The Dancing Plague of 1518

In Strasbourg, hundreds of people started dancing — for days. They danced in the streets until many collapsed from exhaustion or died.
Historians still aren’t sure what caused it.

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6. President Jimmy Carter Reported a UFO

In 1969, before becoming president, Carter saw a strange light in the sky. He filed a UFO report — officially.
Even as president, he stood by his story.

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7. The U.S. Planned to Drop Huge Condoms on Enemies (Seriously)

In WWII, the U.S. thought of dropping extra-large condoms labeled “small” over enemy lines to hurt morale.
The idea was to make the enemy feel “inferior.”
Yes — it was a real plan.

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Final Thought

Truth really is stranger than fiction. From bird wars to dancing plagues, these events prove that history can be just as weird as the internet.

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