In this episode, we delve into the topic of How Spite and Coin Flips Ordered America. {"transcription":"WEBVTT\n\n00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.279\nIn 1889, the United States government essentially\n\n00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:06.160\nflipped a coin on the alphabet to decide the\n\n00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:09.400\ndestiny of two entirely new states. Right. The\n\n00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.179\nwhole Dakota situation. Yeah, exactly. Congress\n\n00:00:12.179 --> 00:00:14.419\nhad finally agreed to split the Dakota territory\n\n00:00:14.419 --> 00:00:17.019\nin half, bringing North and South Dakota into\n\n00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:19.920\nthe union at the exact same moment. But there\n\n00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:25.620\nwas this fiercely petty rivalry over who actually\n\n00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:28.179\ngot to be admitted first. Oh, heavily petty.\n\n00:00:28.719 -- ...