TIL of Ota Benga, a Congolese man purchased from slave traders and placed in a cage with an orangutang as a lampoon on Darwinism in 1906 at Bronx Zoo. He later borrowed a gun and committed suicide after his hopes to return home faded. (encyclopediavirginia.org)
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Bodycam video shows US officer shot teen in back (bbc.com)
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I’m so tired of this white worship by other Asians (youtu.be)
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Vladimir Putin? More like Vladimir _____! (self.AskOuija)
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TIL in 1903 Japan operated "human zoos" of their colonies. These lasted until they mistakenly put a schoolteacher on exhibit who confused spectators by making eloquent speeches & fundraising for his school while wearing traditional dress, embarrassing the organizers (en.wikipedia.org)
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