This week we learn how Iceland got the wrong translation of Dracula and how America's thirst for guano led the government to enact an insane law in 1856. A listener email gives us the sweats.
Episode Tabs:
The Literary Mystery of the Icelandic Dracula by Valur Grettison
https://grapevine.is/mag/2022/05/09/the-literary-mystery-of-the-icelandic-dracula/
How Fertilizer Madness Sparked a Turd War and Turned Guano Into Gold
Listener Tabs:
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