In this episode, we explore the loophole that annexed hawaii. You know, usually when you're... Well, they're the rules of the game. You play out the clock, and if you're losing at the final buzzer, you don't get to just turn to the referee and say, actually, let's make this a sudden death overtime where my team only needs half a point to win. I mean, that would cause an absolute... riot in the stands. Right. You can't just rewrite the fundamental mechanics of how a winner is decided purely because, you know, you didn't get the score you needed. But then you look at the mechanics of late 19th century geopolitics and suddenly that is exactly what happens. It really is. We are looking at a historical landscape where the rules of how a nation expands its borders were just entirely rewritten mid game. So welcome to today's deep dive. Our mission for this ...