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mister-jesse t1_jd8b9wb wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:41 PM

There's an interesting YouTube video on this by Johnny Harris. Apparently it was done to encourage guano/bird poop collection to help with fertilizer for farms.

guruji782j4 t1_jd8kns8 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Now that's some truly crappy legislation.

MonkeysOnMyBottom t1_jd97b5z wrote on March 22, 2023 at 7:01 PM

I knew someone was guano make that joke

Succulentmeditator t1_jd8xdb5 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:59 PM

For the valuable phosphorus. Just listened to an interview with the author of this book on the history of phosphorus: https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Element-Phosphorus-World-Balance/dp/1324002662