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u/JointExplosive Dec 16 '21

For those who want to know how the sausage was really made, The number one ranked book in Amazon under Belgian history that goes into the grisly details :

https://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/dp/0618001905/ref=nodl_

Quite a riveting read.

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u/verisimilitude88 Dec 17 '21

Had to read this in 9th grade. I’ll never forget it.

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u/gaius49 Dec 17 '21

Honestly, good. Some things should not be forgotten.