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The Europeans meet in 1884 to decide which country gets to claim the rich lands of the Congo. Everyone comes out on the far side believing these lands should be the personal property of the King of Belgium, who the world will eventually find out is something of a psychopath. What happened?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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