{"id":312030,"date":"2026-01-23T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-wildest-land-deals-in-us-history\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:00:10","slug":"the-wildest-land-deals-in-us-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-wildest-land-deals-in-us-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The wildest land deals in US history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gTSCFsn7HSo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The wildest land deals in US history\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTSCFsn7HSo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Florida was ceded to restore order. Alaska was mocked as \u201cSeward\u2019s Folly.\u201d And the US Virgin Islands were bought with literal gold. 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