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    Guano (Spanish from Quechua: wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. Guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of...
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    The Guano Islands Act (11 Stat. 119, enacted August 18, 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. ch. 8 §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the Congress...
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  • Guano Apes are a German rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen. The band consists of Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars, backing vocals)...
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  • up guano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guano is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats, often mined as a source of phosphorus. Guano may...
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    formed the United States Guano Company to exploit the guano on Howland Island, with this claim being recognised under the U.S. Guano Islands Act of 1856....
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    Navassa Island (category Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act)
    S. has claimed the island, as an appurtenance, since 1857, based on the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Haiti's claim over Navassa goes back to the Treaty...
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  • Japan 1992 AD" reached No. 2 in Finland and No. 15 in Sweden. In 2000, Guano Apes released a cover version of "Big in Japan" as the lead single for their...
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    Jarvis Island (category Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act)
    Howland Island. It was claimed by the US in the 19th century and mined for guano, in the 20th century it was the subject of a small settlement. It was attacked...
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    Compagnie Financiere du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 is a foundational case in the law of evidence holding that a plaintiff party must...
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    Sandra Nasić (category Guano Apes)
    May 1976) is a German singer best known as the vocalist of the rock band Guano Apes. Nasić was born in Göttingen, West Germany, where she grew up with...
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    were claimed as insular areas on behalf of the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. These claims were made by private individuals to the...
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    Guano is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Guano Canton. The town is well known for its handmade leather products and...
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    The Bat Cave mine was a bat guano mine in a natural cave located in the western Grand Canyon of Arizona at river mile 266, 800 feet (240 m) above Lake...
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  • War I, after which guano became almost worthless. As Peru's guano reserves began to run out, the government restricted the guano industry to help stabilize...
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    The Guano era refers to a period of stability and prosperity in Peru during the mid-19th century. It was sustained on the substantial revenues generated...
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    serves as a breeding ground for birds (primarily Cape cormorants) and yields guano, which is collected and sold. Bird Island was conceived and constructed...
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    American Guano Company. The United States took possession of the island in 1857, claiming it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Its guano deposits were...
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    investigation of the Dayglos after his daughter brought home a copy of Here Today, Guano Tomorrow. For the first time in Canadian history, a musical group were to...
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    guano as a fertilizer. As Garcilaso described, the Incas near the coast harvested guano. In the early 1800s Alexander von Humboldt introduced guano as...
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    Guano Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Chimborazo Province. Its capital is the town of Guano. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,888...
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    Guano Apes are an alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen, Germany. The group members are Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars,...
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  • examples of resource war in history is the conflict over Chincha Island guano in the late 19th century. The Chincha Islands of Peru are situated off of...
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    Bolivia from 1865 to 1879. The conflict began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands in one of a series of attempts by Spain, under Isabella...
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    Enderbury Island, also known as Ederbury Island or Guano Island, is a small, uninhabited atoll 63 km ESE of Kanton Island in the Pacific Ocean at 3°08′S...
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  • Guano Island is a rocky island 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) south of Chameau Island at the southeast end of the Curzon...
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  • Bel Air is the fourth studio album by the German alternative rock band Guano Apes, and the first released after the band's reunion in 2009. It was released...
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    James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best...
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    it as a mineral formed from the excreta of sea birds, which is known as guano and which was used as a source of fertilizer; guanine was named in 1846...
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  • destruction. He is an actor who is actually a sweet-natured young man. Guano (voiced by Gary Mack) is a small purple creature with long pointed ears...
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    The Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (Spanish: Reserva Nacional Sistema de Islas, Islotes y Puntas Guaneras; RNSIIPG) is a protected...
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