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These are not-so-fun facts from the history of our world.
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Which country invaded Cyprus in 1974 and took control of the North-Eastern part of the island?
Turkey
37% got this right
Turkiye landed in Cyprus and captured 3% before a ceasefire was declared. Turkiye occupies 36.2% of the island now.
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Which part of Africa is disputed territory and is the second most sparsely populated 'country' in the world?
24% got this right
Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963.
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48 random squares
Which country in Africa is unrecognized by the rest of the world, but has declared independence since 1991?
Somaliland
9% got this right
It is the largest unrecognized state in the world by de facto controlled land area.
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Which country invaded East Timor (Timór-Leste) in 1975?
Indonesia
19% got this right
Operation Lotus was the largest military operation ever carried out by Indonesia. Occupation lasted from 1975 to 1999.
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Which country was responsible for the Herero and Namaqua ethnic extermination? In what is now modern-day Namibia.
Germany
7% got this right
The first genocide to begin in the 20th century occurring between 1904 and 1908.
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In May 2021, the German government agreed to pay €1.1 billion over 30 years to fund projects in communities that were impacted by the genocide.
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Which country seized military control of Libya in 1912? leading to what was also known as 'Shar' in Arabic.
Italy
16% got this right
It was not until 2008 that Italy apologized for its killing of the 300,000 Libyan people. 'Shar' translates to 'Evil'.
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The Malagasy were a nationalist rebellion against which colonial ruling in Madagascar?
France
England
Spain
USA
45% got this right
The estimated number of Malagasy casualties varied from 11,000 to a high of over 100,000 from 1947 – 1949.
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12 random squares
Which neutral Southeast Asian country did the USA use 2,756,941 tons of bombs on from 1965 to 1973?
Cambodia
5% got this right
Allies dropped 2 million tons of bombs during all of WWII. Cambodia may be the most heavily bombed country in history.
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Bonus British Round! taking place in the 19th century, but technically going on until the early 20th century.
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Which country did the British starve causing a mass famine while they exported food back home?
Bangladesh
India
West Bengal
58% got this right
Between 12 and 29 million Indians/Bengalis died of starvation while it was under the control of the British Empire.
