
CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time
Ridiculous History
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The Guano Mania
In 1850, guano was valued at $76 a pound or $167 a kilogram. It led to a very strange market. There were guano counterfitters. Fake guano flooding the market. Which makes me think somebody's going, dad, why won't you tell me what you do for a living?
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