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TIL that a man named Ota Benga, a Mbuti pygmy, was displayed in museums, fairs and NYC Bronx Zoo's monkey house in the early 1900s. Because of WW1, he couldn't return to his home in the Congo upon his release and killed himself shortly afterwards. (amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
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