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It's a morbid irony that HIV emerged from "Leopoldville" considering the other atrocities unleashed on Africa by Leopold II.

• splouk 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium If anyone else is curious like I was.
  • adevine 11y ago
    Wow, on the order of 10 million dead - half the population. That's Hitler-level genocide right there.
    • nikatwork 11y ago
      Workers who were short of the quotas might have their hands severed. Leopold II is a forgotten monster. Arguably it birthed the international human rights movement.