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Ridiculous History

CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If you land on a deserted island, you might be tempted to search for the basic stuff first -- food, water, shelter, and so on -- but don't forget to keep an eye out for guano! Why, you ask? Well, due to a relatively obscure law, the presence of guano on a deserted island may allow you to declare it property of the United States! Sort of. Tune into today's classic episode learn more.

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0:00.0

Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, the island of Kothau looks like a postcard.

0:07.0

I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.

0:11.0

In the last 20 years dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.

0:16.0

A dark cloud who's come over the island, death, mystery and danger.

0:23.0

Listen to Death Island every Wednesday on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Welcome to the show, ridiculous historians.

0:33.0

We are on the road this week, right?

0:37.0

Road again?

0:38.0

Yeah.

0:39.0

Not necessarily right now, we're actually coming to you from our traditional home bases.

0:43.0

But by the time you hear this, we will be in the wind, as they say.

0:47.0

Yes, yes.

0:48.0

So your pals here, super producer, Max Williams.

0:52.0

And no brown and yours truly, we wanted to share some of our favorite classic episodes this week.

1:04.0

Remember, Noel, you and I were both pretty astonished, I think, when we learned that the United States used Bat Poup as a reason to invade another country.

1:20.0

It's what I mean, what other reason do you need?

1:23.0

Man, there's hills and then their goals.

1:26.0

No, that's not how it goes.

1:27.0

There's poop in them, they're hills and it turns out that a guano bird poop, also Bat Poup, you know, the white stuff.

1:34.0

Remember that?

1:35.0

Was that was that voice?

1:36.0

No, not voice.

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