CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time
Ridiculous History
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The Guano Act and the Remote Islands Marine National Monument
The United States was desperate to get ahold of that sweet, sweet guano. They started just going for places that they thought might have it because they were tiny islands not inhabited by humans. There is a provision in the guano act that says laws broken while on these islands follow the same laws as govern the high seas.
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