The Honey War

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Honey War wasn't really about honey. It was a dispute over state lines. There are some bee trees in the mix, as well as some truly sub-par surveying work. It's a story full of silliness, pride and bureaucracy.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HowStuffWorks.com.
0:41.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast I'm Tracy V. Wilson and I'm Holly Fry.
0:46.7	Today we are going to talk about the Honeywar.
0:49.7	This is a dispute that was fortunately not really a war.
0:52.7	It led to zero human casualties,
0:54.7	and it wasn't particularly over honey.
0:57.7	But it's a story that's full of silliness and pride and obscenity and bureaucracy,
1:03.7	and it's kind of a goofy story of a weird land dispute.
1:09.7	I felt like we needed something to lighten the load up a little bit.
1:12.7	So similarly to the time that we did the one about popsicle and good humor,
1:16.7	suing each other a lot.
1:18.7	This one is about Missouri and Iowa, bickering over where their border was.
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