Over at Southern Fried Science, Andrew dives into the long, complex history of the Guano Island Act of 1856 and it’s legacy on US ocean management: How Millard Fillmore reshaped the oceans in a quest for guano.
It’s not all serious policy on the high seas. Check out his follow-up article, talking about the two strangest cases that came out of the Guano Island Act: Micronations and poop dreams: Strange tales from the Guano Islands Act of 1856.