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Subutai was a Mongolian general who conquered 32 countries and won 97% battles he fought. He defeated the Crusader armies of Germany and Poland and planned to conquer Italy. After reaching Vienna, the army suddenly turned back to Mongolia to elect a new leader, saving Western Europe.

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TIL Mongolians once defeated Poland and Germany's elite Teutonic Knights, after reaching Vienna the entire army suddenly returned to Mongolia to elect new leader, thus saving Western Europe from Mongol conquest.

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The US government once a created a human zoo of 1,100 Filipinos in Missouri. The goal was to convince the American public that Filipinos were not ready for self-governance.

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Filipino human zoo in the US

The U.S. government once took 1,100 Filipinos from over 30 different tribes to Missouri. They were housed in a 47-acre human zoo divided into villages (Igorot, Negrito, Visayan, and Moro). The goal was to show a "progression" from "savagery" to "civilization" to convince the American public that Filipinos were not ready for self-governance. They were forced to eat dogs as part of the entertainment.

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The private land owned by King Leopoard II of Belgium in Africa was 76 times the size of Belgium itself. He hired private security force to police the land, and to save money, for every bullet fired they must bring a severed human hand.

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