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		pverheggen 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gas Town Decoded You're probably thinking of the Himba tribe color experiment - which as it turns out, was mostly fabricated by a BBC documentary: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=17970

bkolobara 3 months ago [–]

Yes, I think this was it! Thanks for sharing the link. I had no idea that part was fabricated.

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