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September 11, 2009
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![]() Liberian President William R. Tolbert Is Killed in Military Coup (1980)Liberia was founded in the 1820s by former slaves from the US, and tensions between the Americo-Liberian minority and the indigenous majority have persisted since that time. On April 12, 1980, a group of soldiers led by Samuel Kanyon Doe stormed the executive mansion, killing Americo-Liberian President William R. Tolbert and 27 other government leaders. Doe, a member of the ethnic Krahn tribe, then declared himself president. How had a rice scandal seriously undermined Tolbert? More... Discuss |
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wow. that's a good sized bite they take out of that wienie!
Funny thing is I had just read an article which said the piranha's vicious reputation was undeserved. I forget the details, but they basically blamed their bad rap on something Teddy Roosevelt wrote in a diary after a visit to the Amazon, something about the natives leading an old cow into the river downstream from where the rest of the herd would cross.
The article stated that people have been bitten, but it was mainly due to curiosity and a case of mistaken identity, that the fish are really quite passive.
I'll have to go dig up the article, it should be in my reader from a week or so ago.
Thanks for posting!
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