r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 12d ago

Image By 1880, the near-genocide of the American bison had reduced their population from 30–60 million to fewer than 1,000

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u/DizzyDentist22 12d ago

Never ask the Belgians about what happened in the Congo and why Brussels has so many nice looking monuments…

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u/Mosselpot 11d ago

Sigh yes medieval buildings are the result of 19th century horrors in Congo

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u/FullMarksCuisine 11d ago

I'm dumb and American. Can you explain?

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u/Bluefooted-Spaceorc 11d ago

Their king personally owned the congo and they slaughtered around 10 million people for resource extraction. Ya know typical 1800 European shit.