Tag Archives: Australia

February 9, 2020

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Joel Byers

On February 9, 2020, 20-year-old Australian Bradley Streeter proved why women live longer than men. Streeter and some of his friends decided to visit the Cave Gardens Sinkhole of Mount Gambier, Australia. While there, Bradley decided to impress his… Continue reading →

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January 4, 1854

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 4, 1854, Captain William McDonald discovered the McDonald Islands. They are halfway between Madagascar and Antarctica and are currently owned by Australia. The islands are mostly barren, cold and volcanic. Australia stated that the islands… Continue reading →

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June 4, 1850

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Joel Byers

On June 4, 1850, self-deodorizing fertilizer was patented in England. So it no longer smelled like poo. It smelled like fancy poo. Americans and Australians immediately rejected the idea of fancy smelling poo. It was just too… Continue reading →

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March 17, 461

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 17, 461, St. Patrick died in Saul, UK. St. Patrick was famous for driving the snakes out of Ireland, which was amazing, as Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. After his death, his fellow religious brothers found missives from Australia, South Africa and Snake Island, Brazil. Each of the letters were … Continue reading →

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March 6, 2018

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 6, 2018, the world’s oldest message in a bottle was found on a beach in Western Australia. It had been tossed from the German ship Paula on June 12, 1886. The message said, “Liebe Annika. Senden sie nackte.”

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March 1, 1901

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 1, 1901, the Australian Army was formed. It was later used to fight both Emus and Kangaroos. It lost both of these wars. The Emus actually sent a message to the Aussies after beating them in 1932. That message was ‘Don’t send a boy to do a man’s job.” For giant, flightless birds, … Continue reading →

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December 10, 1932

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 10, 1932, Australia conceded defeat in the Great Emu War. The giant, six-foot tall flightless birds were damaging the crops of the farmers of the Campion district in Western Australia and the government sent the army in to take care of the menace. Well, not the whole Australian army, just one major with … Continue reading →

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August 7, 1858

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On August 7, 1858, the first Australian rules football game was played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. While on paper, this looks to be unfair, a bunch of college boys playing against a grammar school. It’s Australia. Both were grammar schools. One just went hoity-toity and put College in their name. Also, it was … Continue reading →

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July 15, 1922

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1922 the first duck-billed platypus arrived in America, directly from Australia. It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Native New Yorkers, long used to the shenanigans of PT Barnum and others of his ilk, refused at first to believe it was a real animal. They … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2011

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011, in a Schrodinger’s cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light and this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another. This provides scientific proof that an ansible is a scientific possibility for space travel. The cat used in … Continue reading →

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