Video - Bizarre American History Facts

Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird of the United States to be the turkey instead of the bald eagle? In 1919, a tank of molasses exploded in Boston, causing a 25-foot wave of molasses to flood the streets at 35 mph, killing 21 people. The Great Emu War of 1932 saw Australian soldiers armed with machine guns fighting against emus in Western Australia. The longest ever filibuster in the US Senate was by Strom Thurmond in 1957, lasting 24 hours and 18 minutes. The US government once planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a show of strength during the Cold War.