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Tag Archives: Australia
February 9, 2020
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
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Australia, Mount Gambier, stoopid people tricks, Wilhelm Scream
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January 4, 1854
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
June 4, 1850
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
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged America, Australia, England, fancy poo, ideas before their time, not manly enough, patents, poo, smells
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March 17, 461
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
Posted in 5th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged anti-snake, Australia, driving out the snakes, Eve, Ireland, Saint Patrick, Snake Island, snakes, South Africa, St. Patrick, white women
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March 1, 1901
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
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged animals, armies, Australia, don't be a dick, emus, firsts, Kangaroo
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December 10, 1932
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
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Army, Australia, Don't send a boy, Emu, Great Emu War, war
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August 7, 1858
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
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Australia, Australian football, Kangaroo, Melbourne Grammar, Scotch College, spiders
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April 15, 2011
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
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Australia, cats, Japan, new technology, Schrodinger's cat, science
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