Emu war !!!!!

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Have you heard of Emu war  ??!!

Australia literally fight a war against the flightless bird Emu  !!!

What happened ??

After world war I, Australian soldiers were given farmland in Western Australia.

Then there was a drought and also it was the breeding season of Emu.

About 20,000 emus marched in from the outback looking for food and water  !!!

They destroyed the wheat crops and fences.

Farmers asked the government for help.

So, the Australian military was sent in with machine guns to " cull " the emus  !!!

Result  ??

EMUS  WON  !!!

Emus split into smaller groups, were super fast and hard to hit  !!! 

Soldiers fired thousand rounds of bullets but could only kill a few  hundred of emus.......

After 1 month, army gave up and went home.

Emus were basically undefeated  !!!!

Government ended up paying farmers to deal with Emus by themselves 

Media called it "  Emu war  " and emus won the war  !!!

Landlocked countries in Asia

  12 countries in Asia are landlocked. 

Uzbekistan is considered doubly landlocked because it's neighborhood countries are also landlocked   !!! 

Some landlocked countries have a navy though they don't have coast line  !!!!  Like Kazakhstan

12 countries in Asia have no access to the open ocean hence they are landlocked  . 

They are  ----

Afghanistan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bhutan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Mongolia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

3 countries out of these 12 landlocked countries possess navy,  as they are sharing border with Caspian sea which is the largest inland lake. 

They are ------

Azerbaijan    

Kazakhstan

 Turkmenistan

Facts about vultures

   Vultures are found in many parts of the world except Australia and Antarctica.

Vultures like to be in groups.

Vultures '  senses help them find food.

Vultures travel long distances everyday.

Vultures glide instead of flapping.

Vultures' stomach can handle dangerous food.

Why do we say O'Clock ??

 O'Clock means of the clock.

300 - 400 years ago, people used 2 types of time.

1.  Sun time  --  By position of Sun  (  like on midday.  )

2.  Clock time  ---  By mechanical clock

To be clear which type of time they are referring to, people started saying   ----

3 of the clock  --  meaning clock time, not Sun time !!!

Over the time, of the clock shortened to   O'Clock  .....

So, 3 O'Clock   =   3   of the clock  !!!!

Countries famous for what they don't have !!!

  Here are some of the world's most surprising countries defined by very unusual  " NO  " !!!

1.  Ireland   ---   No mosquitoes 

2.  Saudi Arabia  ---  No permanent rivers 

3.  Vatican City  ----  No airports 

4.  Costa Rica  ---  No standing army

5.  Singapore  ---    No natural lakes

6.   New Zealand    ---   No native snakes 

7.  Bhutan   ----   No traffic lights 

8.  San Marino   ---   No railway station 

9. Qatar  =--   No forest

10.  Greenland  ---  No road networks between cities