Using data collected from 1981 to 2010 for Ann Arbor, MI (GO BLUE!), the average “high” temperature for days in July has a mean
of 28.9° Celsius with a standard deviation of 3.3° Celsius. What are the mean and standard deviation if the temperatures are converted to degrees Fahrenheit?
Leopold II himself never step foot in the Congo during the entire time he ruled over it.
If the rubber quota was not met, then the consequence was death. The Force Publique, who was Leopold's personal police force set in the Congo, was required to collect a right hand per successful kill. hands could've been collected by FP officers, or by the villagers themselves. Since bullets couldn't be wasted, hands were sometimes chopped off while the victim was still alive. Often times, when villages were expected to pay the different with hands, they'd attack other villages to gather hands.
At least 500 Chinese labourers were imported to work on railways in the Congo, but a majority of them either left or died.
