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The colourful fabrics from (West-) Africa were originally brought to Africa by returning Ghanese soldiers who fought in the Dutch East-Indies Army in the late 19th/early 20th century. They used to be slaves who got their freedom bought in exchange for a few years service in the East-Indies. The Dutch brought them over because they had just lost Belgium and were facing huge manpower shortages. The Ghanese soldiers were paid as much as the Europeans and even got shoes, in contrary to the Ambonese or Javanse that served in the army, who got paid less and weren't allowed to wear shoes.
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At least it explains the nickname 'Muis' or 'Bosmuis' that is sometimes used in the southern Netherlands (and possibly Flanders?) for a pussy!
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The English once hanged a monkey for being a French spy.
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Solice Kirsk posted:If I'm remembering correctly it may have actually been a French kid. A "powder monkey" or something. That could indeed be true. A quick search on Google on the subject lead me to this which I find quite hilarious quote:In 2002, Stuart Drummond campaigned for the office of Mayor of Hartlepool in the costume of HAngus the Monkey and narrowly won; he used the election slogan free bananas for schoolchildren, a promise he was unable to keep. He has since been re-elected twice.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:If we're going for multiday deaths, Smallpox wins every time. Just in the last hundred years before it was eliminated by vaccines, it beat out war. Not one specific war, or even all wars in those 100 years, but every war in human history combined. It was around for ~10k years even before that, so war has some catching up to do. Doesn't malaria have a higher total, like probably billions?
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Hogge Wild posted:then how does it differ from the other swamp german letters More chunks in the phlegm.
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'Only a limp dick can piss in a jug'
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Beachcomber posted:There are/were salmon in the Thames? There are/were salmon in most major NW Europe rivers.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Anyone got any good Byzantine stories? I wonder how much is propaganda but then it's obvious that the ruling class of a crumbling empire are the most amazingly useless people on earth besides maybe high school counselors. The Byzantine History podcast is very good.
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Maybe it has to do with horses being able to stand rain because of their coats, while donkeys absolutely hate getting wet in the rain. https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/news/new-research-proves-donkeys-disdain-for-rainy-days Molentik has a new favorite as of 22:44 on Dec 8, 2019 |
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Carthag Tuek posted:hell yea turn my corpse into a souplike homogenate In just 30 seconds!
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Alhazred posted:In 1942 the crew on the dutch minesweeper Abraham Crijnssen was in trouble. The japanese army had invaded Indonesia where the minesweeper was based and the ships that were meant to protect it wasn't there. They then, figuring that no one would notice an extra island, painted the boat, covered it in branches and foliage and slowly made their way to Australia hoping that no one would notice that one of the islands were moving around: They even went as far as catching some wildlife before they left and releasing them when Japanese planes were in the area to complete the impression of being a uninhabited island instead of a minesweeper filled with civilians.
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Byzantine posted:I don't approve of Vandals. But you are ok with Vikings? Dubble standard imo.
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Gargamel Gibson posted:What's wrong with eating cheese? Monkeys get massive explosive diarrhea when they eat cheese.
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Red Bones posted:How many Germans defected from Nazi Germany or refused to join the military during the war? A lot of them joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War so they werent around anymore to defect once WWII broke out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsyP-9P4aao Molentik has a new favorite as of 23:17 on Apr 23, 2021 |
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Wasn't one of the reasons the car was invented because by that time cities were basically filled with manure and dying horses on the streets?
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