In 1518, the city of Strasbourg experienced the "Dancing Plague," where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days. The cause remains a mystery.  

During WWII, British spies used "Operation Mincemeat," planting false documents on a corpse to mislead German forces about Allied invasion plans, and it worked.  

In 1821, Missouri held a “Hairy Bank Robbery” trial, where defense argued that a dog, not the accused, was the culprit, leading to a bizarre courtroom spectacle.  

The Great Emu War of 1932 in Australia saw soldiers battling emus that were destroying crops. The emus won, evading military efforts to curb their population.  

In 1815, Mount Tambora's eruption in Indonesia led to the "Year Without a Summer," causing global crop failures and food shortages due to ash-induced climate anomalies.