Roo Country
In 1932, farmers struggling with the Great Depression in Western Australia started this war against the local wildlife. Unfortunately for them, they had to learn the lesson that nature always wins out in the end.
Great Emu War
"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", which translates literally to "Let them eat Brioche.
Marie Antoinette
"Under the Presidential Records Act, which is civil, not criminal, I did nothing wrong." 2023
Retention of Classified Materials
Boasting the world's second-largest GDP at over $20 trillion, this global manufacturing powerhouse relies on broadcasting equipment, computers, and integrated circuits as its top exports.
China
A famous fried chicken restaurant, a fable about an acorn and a small bird, and a famous 1935 children's book or 1974-1983 NBC television series based on the book.
Kentucky Fried Chicken Little House on the Prairie
Alongside the platypus, this prickly, egg-laying mammal is the only other oviparous mammal in the world.
Echidna
"Play it again, Sam."
Rick Blaine or Ilsa Lund (Casablanca, 1942)
"Some people call them prisoners. I call them hostages. Release the _____ hostages, Joe. Release them, Joe. You can do it real easy, Joe." 2024
Jan 6 Insurrection
Generating a GDP of roughly $1.4 trillion, this Middle Eastern kingdom's economy is overwhelmingly fueled by crude and refined petroleum as its number one export.
Saudi Arabia
A boy band from the 90s, a 1991 coming-of-age hood crime drama film, an adornment found on the hood of a car.
Backstreet Boyz in the Hood Ornament
This prime minister mysteriously vanished while swimming off the coast of Cheviot Beach, Victoria, in 1967, leading to a memorial swimming pool named in his honor.
Harold Holt
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
"You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo!" 2019
Ukraine Phone Call
With a GDP hovering around $2.5 trillion, this G7 nation's top export is crude petroleum.
Canada
Johnny Depp movie from 2003, a large tropical body of water near central America, and the northern extension of the Strait of Kerch.
Pirates of the Carribean Sea of Azov
Commemorated on April 25th, this acronym stands for a joint army corps that famously fought at Gallipoli in World War I.
ANZAC
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"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
"This was a disgrace, rigged trial. The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5, by the people." 2024
New York Hush-Money Trial (Stormy Daniels, Falsification of Documents)
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With a robust GDP nearing $780 billion—largely driven by multinational corporate sectors—this European Union member's leading export is packaged medicaments and medical technologies.
An edgy energy drink made with iced tea, a lethal layered cake, a crude bit of slang for an orifice.
Liquid Death by Chocolate Starfish
This unsettling graphic novella by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët begins when tiny people emerge from a dead girl's body try to survive the lethal dangers of the surrounding forest... and each other.
Beautiful Darkness
“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
"So, the Witch Hunt continues! 19 people indicted tonight, including a former President of the United States, me, by an out-of-control and very corrupt District Attorney who has campaign-coached a totally biased grand jury..." 2023
Georgia Election Interference
Generating a GDP of roughly $360 billion, this landlocked African nation relies on gold and platinum group metals as its leading export.
Zimbabwe
English rock band from the 60s, a short distance, and what to do when your country has a problem.
The Rolling Stone's Throw the Jew Down the Well