Most of the time I go home for lunch a bit before noon. The History Channel usually shows Modern Marvels at Noon Central Time ( here in the U.S. ).
Yesterday, I was eating lunch when the Modern Marvels episode went into great detail on the history of fertilizer. Let's just say that I didn't watch too much of the episode because fertilizer and lunch, in most general terms, are not compatible. ( basically, you don't want to see where fertilizer comes from when you're eating. )
Anyway, it would seem that Peru, Chile, and Bolivia got into a war over, and I'm not making this up, bird guano. Yep, bird poop. Which was used for fertilizer at the time.
Several thousand people died in what became the War of the Pacific 1879-1884 and Bolivia became a land-locked country because the affair.
Amazing.
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Christian
08|Apr|2008 1As a CRM enthusiast of Chilean heritage, I'd appreciate if you corrected the spelling from 'Chili' to 'Chile' (pronounced chee-lay).
And yes, I've heard it all before. It can be chilly in Chile in winter, but its usually sunny; the country is shaped like a chili pepper, but that's a complete coincidence; lastly, we do not make chili for food, that's Texas. Speaking of the Lone Star state… its flag appears to be inspired by the Chilean flag, which was designed 27 years earlier (link below).
http://hotornot.perltraining.com.au/flags/meet/CHIL001.html
My two cents deposited. Cheers, and thanks for the CRM info.
Just Chillin',
Christian ;-)
mitch
08|Apr|2008 2Sorry about that. I was in a hurry and didn't proof read closely enough.
Mitch
Christian
10|Apr|2008 3No prob Mitch, let's just say you had the French spelling of Chile correct. :) Once again, many thanks for sharing your CRM experiences and tips, they have been helpful time and again.
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