America's far flung Bird Poopy empire

[packman]

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"The story of the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, as most of the smaller atolls are known, begins in 1856 with the passage of the Guano Islands Act by the U.S. Congress. This law made it legal for any U.S. citizen to lay claim to any island, rock, or key not already claimed by another country if it is covered with bird poop, or guano. No, really: beginning in the 1840s people mined hundreds of thousands of tons of guano every year for use as fertilizer as well as to produce gunpowder."

All seemingly beautiful US possessions snatched up because they were covered in shit - now, that is funny you gotta admit it.




http://mentalfloss.com/article/65834/because-bird-poop-how-us-acquired-its-territories-arent-states

[tymorial]

1. This totally made me laugh

Thank you for posting this. I totally needed this today.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

2. I heard a rumor

That the Guano industry was suing Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin for giving B******t a bad name.

We report, you decide....