Today’s interesting fact has to do with the Honey War.

The Honey War was a bloodless territorial dispute in the 1830's between Iowa and Missouri.

Before it was settled, a Missouri tax collector had three hollow trees in Iowa containing honey bee hives cut down to collect the honey in lieu of taxes.

A Missouri sheriff was arrested by a Iowa sheriff while attempting to collect taxes.

Militias assembled at both sides of the border of the disputed territory.

And the US Supreme Court ended the affair by confirming the original boundary.