In this episode, we explore bird poop and america s map of errors. So picture this. It's 1860, and the United States government officially lays claim to a massive, highly strategic pile of bird poop in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Which, you know, is already a bizarre historical fact on its own. Right. But the only problem was that this island and all its incredibly valuable resources did not actually exist. Welcome to this deep dive. Glad to be here for this one. Yeah. Our mission today is to explore the messy, chaotic, and just utterly fascinating territorial evolution of the United States. We're using a really comprehensive Wikipedia timeline as our main source today to track exactly how the U .S. map was drawn. And it is quite a ride. It really is. Because, I mean, when you look at a modern map of the U .S., there is this total illusion of p ...