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[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

When I graduated HS, the map on the wall in our history class still had "French West Africa" on it (textbooks were at least more up to date :-)) "French West Africa" hadn't existed for . . . looks it up . . . about a quarter century before then.

Damn, before I was even born!