@@diwang3845 you tried to correct him the first time, failed, had to edit your own correction (correcting the correction is ironic,) and you /still/ decided to put that “Good job” there as if you didn’t just mess up yourself. good job.
I’m Congolese and my great grandfather lost his hand because he didn’t meet his daily quota once. More than 8 million people died. To this day, the country is still affected by it plus Belgium colonization afterwards.
I had a professor say that Nero was confirmed to have been out of town during the Great Fire, and the rumor he started it or played music while Rome burned didn’t start emerging until about 100 years later (I could be wrong on that date). His Domus Aurea (palace) is also now being reconsidered as a place that general citizens would have been able to access and freely use. Not a good guy by any means, but probably had the most successful smear campaign in history, to the point where he is considered to be one of if not the worst Roman Emperor.
@@akwisn don’t be a transphobe. Much of what was written about Elagabalus was from harsh critics of his reign. Topics of sex and gender were also much more complex than how we understand it today. “We cannot retroactively apply such modern, western identities to the inhabitants of the past and we must be careful not to misgender or misidentify them - especially if our only evidence for how they might have identified comes from hostile writers.” - Andrew Kenrick
@@akwisn There are so many emperors you could point to as being a bad caesar and you managed to cherry pick a single one that fits your modern, easily offended sensibilities. I detest rome, and consistently you guys know less about it than anyone else that I talk to.
The thing about Nero was that the sources about him are mostly from senators - who absolutely hated him. I'm not surprised they made such a great hit piece that most people today still think he was the devil himself. I remember reading somewhere that the plebs actually liked him and it's debatable whether he started the fire in Rome or not, but he actually gave asylum to many in his palaces. Though it's true he used some of the freed up living space to build a new palace for himself.
Exactly!! Also, today no serious historian would say that Nero started the big fire, that's just fake news. The accusations were made years after his death, and from an historian named Svetonio, who's widely known for spreading misinformation.
As a Belgian, Congo is a dark spot in our history… It was so bad that my grandparents were taught that we “brought civilisation and wealth to Congo” and that they “taught the people there how to be civil people” and built schools there. The atrocities were only taught about in school much later… It horrifies me that this type of stuff has happened through the hands of my OWN ancestors
As a belgian, it wasnt done by our ancestors? Leopold mainly used local african mercenaries let by wallonian officers who committed those attrocities. My dad's uncle was eventually deployed in the congo during operation red and yellow dragon, the horrors he saw enacted by the rebels against locals and children would haunt him for the rest of his live, the army brought a lot of those ethnic europeans and congolese workers back to belgium. We werent all evil and when actual belgian troops were deployed it was to save people. Besides that, my flemish ancestors were also quite severely being oppressed as many poor people were back then by wallonia and the french elite (altought not as brutal as with the congo of course) Our country and king were in generally pretty horrible. But you cant blame the poor belgians who were working 12 hours a day in mines, and farms for a very low income right before the great war where flemish boys would die because they couldnt understand a single word from their wallonian officers.
@@pja6476 Holding Belgium accountable for the genocide isn't saying every belgian is evil. And the commenter is just acknowledging how the country still makes attempts to hide their history. Same thing with America, America is responsible for centuries of slavery and genocide. In no way is that saying every single american is guilty. I think by recentering this convo to "Not all belgian's are bad!" (Which no one was saying) you're pointlessly redirecting our attention away from the real atrocities.
I wish people could understand how interesting human history is. The problem is most schools teach the same stuff over and over again, and nobody cares anymore. This is awesome. If they had taught history like this in school I would have been hooked!
Belgium displayed 598 Congolese people in a zoo during the world expo in 1958. They had a bust of Leopold II, european artwork depicting them as primitives and a description that those on display were "evolved ones" even as the Belgians made them dress in "primitive" clothing and placed armed guards to stop them from interacting with the attendees. Half a century after Leopold's death his country and people still very much treated the Congolese as animals.
And now, we let these people run rampant in our societies. Because of our percieved "guilt" we won't call out their savage behaviour because fear of getting called "racist" Isn't that something?
I've actually heard that most of the atrocities supposedly committed by Nero, Caligula, and Commodus come from the writings of this one guy who had a political motive to make shit up. They were all Julio-Claudians (whereas this guy was writing for the dynasty that replaced them) and they had all majorly pissed off the Senate. Roman politics were so hardcore.
At the very least Nero's assasination of his mother is fake or ridiculously overblown. They legit copy an excerpt of a popular play at the time and try to claim it was her dying words
Just a quick correction: Commodus was of the Antonine dynasty, not the Julio Claudians. The Julio-Claudians died with Nero, who was Emperor about 130 years before Commodus became Emperor.
oh godness the meal was delightful when you did the community post about why vids were taking so long i absolutely did not expect THAT drastic increase in quality dude this is crazy
Hey dude, love your videos. Super entertaining and good quality. You also brought up a lot of good info abt Congo, and since youre already using it for content it would be GREAT if you could use your platform to talk about the ongoing silent genocide in Congo because unfortunately things didn’t end happily ever after for the Congolese. It’d also be INCREDIBLE if you could donate some of the money you earned from this video. Love your stuff and look forward to your videos, thank you for talking a little bit abt Congo
Thank you so much for clarifying that the people of Belgium did not know or receive benefits from the atrocities of our great... king Leopold, he is a despised figure, and we indeed are deeply ashamed of having his name attached to our country.
Actually, while it seems quite realistic that Nero set the fire, historians nowadays tilt more towards believing that some christian rebels set the fire and Nero was framed to make him seem more shitty than he was. Though the bar is low to be honest.
Nero literally started the first fire department in history and personally manned rescue efforts in the middle of the fire. Hell he was probably being less than useful taking that route over managing others, but the dude wanted to personally be putting out fires. Basically, most contemporary evidence paints Nero as being one of the best Emperors in Roman History if you care about anything except war.
@@fearedjames my dad awlays mentioned that the buildings were old and were maintained so poorly thus tahts why he set it aflame to then replace it with newer better buildings
@@Rammkommando As I said, dude literally took it upon himself to be a first responder in fighting the fire the second he heard what was happening. Most pre-Great Fire of London era mega cities were giant tinderboxes yes.
Bro... as a Warhammer fan these historical facts which insspired a lot of Warhammer writing are absolutely fascinating. Didn't know Istvaan existed IRL.
I can’t believe I’ve been watching you for over a week now and my perpetually high ass only just now this second realized I wasn’t subscribed yet… It be like that sometimes.
I absolutely love the combination of history and comedy! You do a great job of teaching. I'm usually horrible at memorizing history stories and facts but your jokes and presentation make it way easier 😊
There’s a lot of theory’s that state that Nero is actually a case of one of the largest historical slanders in history by philosophers who hated him and blamed him for a lot of the bad shit that happened during his reign. He definitely killed his mom, and probably some others, but the fire especially is one thing that is debated.
Nero was very loved by the people and most of the negative news was from years after his death. Therefore they're no longer sure if he was actually "evil" and if he really did all those things or if he was the victim of a successful smear campaign. Further empowered by all/most of the art about him being defaced, destroyed soon after his death.
We need a part 2 with Henry eighth Evil stuff henry did . Killed 57000 people .divorced his first wife .left his first wife to rot . Left his daughter Mary I in pain and to rot . Destroyed monasteries .beheaded his second wife Anne Boleyn for giving him a girl . Threatened his third wife with beheading .married a fifteen year old girl when Henry was 49 (Katheryn Howard) . Beheaded the fifteen year old girl when she was 17 as she was abused before marriage . Stopped a woman from marrying her love as he wanted her .married the woman Katherine parr . Cheated on his wives all the time but if they were abused before marriage were killed
Where my Romanians at Tepes and Stefan riding together. Thats a cool image you found. Both great leaders. Cavaleri, fara de teama, la ospat, cu sange-n cana!
Also regarding Leopold, sometimes the punishment wasn't just the workers' hands, it would be the hands and feet of their children, to further motivate them to work. There are photos.
something something no views and falling off.
Who is YOUR favorite mad monarch in history?
King Leopold II of Belgium
Joe biden
Tiberius💀
Your mom.
amongus
Not Sam O’nella in the black museum
Oh, soTHAT’S where he’s been.
wtf
sad panda :(
@@elizabethbuczkowski7188no p
The dead king
Don’t think we didn’t catch that Sam o Nella dig👀
E
Yeah. It went by quick. I can’t believe I caught it first time through.
Its like when he used a Zach hadel scream in a video
Poor Sam O'Nella
What
but the way you drastically improved your animation is crazy
E
Took a samonella skill share course
Everything is crazy to gen z. Crazy is crazy.
Sam O'Nella in the Back Museum cracked me up
Black*
Good job
@@diwang3845
you tried to correct him the first time, failed, had to edit your own correction (correcting the correction is ironic,) and you /still/ decided to put that “Good job” there as if you didn’t just mess up yourself.
good job.
@@diwang3845 HAHAHAHA
@@Lucidopherus lmfao
Right?
What a fuckin goober.
Can't even be a good troll 😅
I’m Congolese and my great grandfather lost his hand because he didn’t meet his daily quota once. More than 8 million people died.
To this day, the country is still affected by it plus Belgium colonization afterwards.
He got bongo'ed in the congo for sure😂
A real DARK spot in your history😂😂😂😂
@@draconian6692 Dude don't be an ass
Congo has been free from Belgium for more than 60 years...
Leopold the 2nd was pol pot before pol pot
I had a professor say that Nero was confirmed to have been out of town during the Great Fire, and the rumor he started it or played music while Rome burned didn’t start emerging until about 100 years later (I could be wrong on that date). His Domus Aurea (palace) is also now being reconsidered as a place that general citizens would have been able to access and freely use. Not a good guy by any means, but probably had the most successful smear campaign in history, to the point where he is considered to be one of if not the worst Roman Emperor.
Thank you for pointing this out, it was really bugging me.
elegalabus is worse, He was literally the first troon
@@akwisn don’t be a transphobe. Much of what was written about Elagabalus was from harsh critics of his reign. Topics of sex and gender were also much more complex than how we understand it today. “We cannot retroactively apply such modern, western identities to the inhabitants of the past and we must be careful not to misgender or misidentify them - especially if our only evidence for how they might have identified comes from hostile writers.”
- Andrew Kenrick
@@akwisn There are so many emperors you could point to as being a bad caesar and you managed to cherry pick a single one that fits your modern, easily offended sensibilities.
I detest rome, and consistently you guys know less about it than anyone else that I talk to.
@@abbybinch Transphobia is based.
The thing about Nero was that the sources about him are mostly from senators - who absolutely hated him. I'm not surprised they made such a great hit piece that most people today still think he was the devil himself. I remember reading somewhere that the plebs actually liked him and it's debatable whether he started the fire in Rome or not, but he actually gave asylum to many in his palaces. Though it's true he used some of the freed up living space to build a new palace for himself.
Exactly!! Also, today no serious historian would say that Nero started the big fire, that's just fake news. The accusations were made years after his death, and from an historian named Svetonio, who's widely known for spreading misinformation.
Yeah, I watched a lecture about how he gave money to people and gave them shelter after the fire. That was nice of him.
It's also been speculated that Nero suffered from severe mental illness.
@@stellacavaliere8328how do you know it was fake? Were you there?
@@clal8030that could be a cover up
"I love you uncle daddy" killed me
R u alive?
@@inuyashakagome-bj8enhe clearly isnt
"Is this a sexual thing" "It could be" killed me
Imagine having such a dogshit sense of humor that "I love you uncle daddy" kills you... like that's genuinely embarrassing my dude
@@AngerySneklol me too
I had to pause the video 😂
HE REMEMBERED HIS RUclips PASSWORD BOYS 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯
I had it written down somewhere
You think
It was only 2 weeks bro
@@ChatHistory where
I thought he was in the museum with Sam tbh
As a Belgian, Congo is a dark spot in our history… It was so bad that my grandparents were taught that we “brought civilisation and wealth to Congo” and that they “taught the people there how to be civil people” and built schools there. The atrocities were only taught about in school much later… It horrifies me that this type of stuff has happened through the hands of my OWN ancestors
Human history in a nutshell, our species is pointlessly cruel and evil.
As a belgian, it wasnt done by our ancestors? Leopold mainly used local african mercenaries let by wallonian officers who committed those attrocities.
My dad's uncle was eventually deployed in the congo during operation red and yellow dragon, the horrors he saw enacted by the rebels against locals and children would haunt him for the rest of his live, the army brought a lot of those ethnic europeans and congolese workers back to belgium.
We werent all evil and when actual belgian troops were deployed it was to save people.
Besides that, my flemish ancestors were also quite severely being oppressed as many poor people were back then by wallonia and the french elite (altought not as brutal as with the congo of course)
Our country and king were in generally pretty horrible.
But you cant blame the poor belgians who were working 12 hours a day in mines, and farms for a very low income right before the great war where flemish boys would die because they couldnt understand a single word from their wallonian officers.
@@pja6476 Holding Belgium accountable for the genocide isn't saying every belgian is evil. And the commenter is just acknowledging how the country still makes attempts to hide their history. Same thing with America, America is responsible for centuries of slavery and genocide. In no way is that saying every single american is guilty. I think by recentering this convo to "Not all belgian's are bad!" (Which no one was saying) you're pointlessly redirecting our attention away from the real atrocities.
@@LivingDead77talking like you are a saint…. Smh
@@ImblackUSA I said human....
Do you think I'm an alien? Cause I am definitely human..... Definitely.
"...from Nero to Zero in an instant-"
So simple, so obvious and yet, so good.
6:49 out of all content creators in this side of RUclips you're the one most likely to carry on for Sam O'Nella
Idk about that for me he has his own unique style of comedy and drawings that separates him from Sam onella, unlike his copycats.
Sam still makes videos tho so not quite carry on
@@Reszig22like if Sam O Nella ever quits, this guy can take over
@@Reszig22 barley lol
Its crazy how even today, King Leopold's ghost haunts the congo
Eu freestate is his mindset implemented in Brussels politicians.
I wish people could understand how interesting human history is. The problem is most schools teach the same stuff over and over again, and nobody cares anymore. This is awesome. If they had taught history like this in school I would have been hooked!
Ikr I love history but the history my school teaches is just boring to me
Belgium displayed 598 Congolese people in a zoo during the world expo in 1958. They had a bust of Leopold II, european artwork depicting them as primitives and a description that those on display were "evolved ones" even as the Belgians made them dress in "primitive" clothing and placed armed guards to stop them from interacting with the attendees.
Half a century after Leopold's death his country and people still very much treated the Congolese as animals.
Did they feed those animals Kentucky Fried Chicken? I've heard they can't survive without it.
@@ReonE60000 our little comedian
@@ReonE60000how hilarious and original 🤡
And now, we let these people run rampant in our societies. Because of our percieved "guilt" we won't call out their savage behaviour because fear of getting called "racist" Isn't that something?
4:27 "Tall glass of lukewarm pond water" *took me out* ROFLOL best. Description. 💀💀💀
Edgar ahh king
eerm actually some of these are not "kings" by title ☝🤓
You're beggin' for a bonkin'
When will we see a boxing match between these two
I will not trust you, bro
E
@@ChatHistory Get the bat
6:49 WTH is Sam O Nella doing in there? WHAT DID YOU DO TO SAM?
Nothing, that was FERRANTE
I've actually heard that most of the atrocities supposedly committed by Nero, Caligula, and Commodus come from the writings of this one guy who had a political motive to make shit up. They were all Julio-Claudians (whereas this guy was writing for the dynasty that replaced them) and they had all majorly pissed off the Senate. Roman politics were so hardcore.
At the very least Nero's assasination of his mother is fake or ridiculously overblown. They legit copy an excerpt of a popular play at the time and try to claim it was her dying words
@@forgottenashes8299 Oh, really? What was the play?
Just a quick correction: Commodus was of the Antonine dynasty, not the Julio Claudians. The Julio-Claudians died with Nero, who was Emperor about 130 years before Commodus became Emperor.
@@spencerm5663 Thanks, I can never keep things exactly straight
After playing ck3 I am convinced that nobles don't deserve human rights
He finally dropped I’ve awaited this moment for centuries…
E
Sam went out with a smile as a mummy
King Leopold II of Belgium, at the Berlin conference :
*"Bingo Bongo, Gimme Dat Congo !!"*
12:56 I've followed you for a long time, but this moment is why I subscribed. Keep up the good work.
Scrolled way too long just to find someone mention this bit 😂
Man, every video of yours just gets better and better, both in visual quality and writing. I'm totally here for it! :)
4:02 THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES WE CARRY ON!!!!!
I've seen a lot of info style channels but this one goes into the most depth
19:50 thanks for the runescape jumpscare, that's my ringtone and panicked cuz i thought my phone rang 😭
oh godness the meal was delightful
when you did the community post about why vids were taking so long i absolutely did not expect THAT drastic increase in quality dude this is crazy
😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😅😅😮😮😮
awesome animation i love the goofy style for these history videos way to go!
6:49 hmm one of those men look oddly familiar
I was wondering why there's occasional sam onella visuals in his videos lol
He's just..... Napping.... Right?
Fucking hell I instantly thought Nero isn’t a king and you caught me :(
Gotcha
@@ChatHistoryhi
“All the pissed off and neglected subjects and neighbors started feeling pissed off and neglected” very well spoken.
"So, to you I say..."
*Bashes head in with a bat*
"Moving on."
I knew this was gonna be good from that point on. 😂
GOLD. Keep'em coming bruh!.
The 'Please don't plunder me pocketsssss~' bit, got me good. I had to pause while cackling like a damn witch. Thank you haha.
I can see the meticulous, in depth work and effort put into the illustration and editing of this one. Another video well done.
That through the fire and flames part made me spit my drink everywhere lmaooooo😂
BEEN SAVING THIS VIDEO FOR A WEEK TO WATCH I ALREADY KNOW YOU DID AMAZING YOUR HUMOR IS UNMATCHE TO MEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Bro never disappoints me with his vids. Thanks for uploading
Hey dude, love your videos. Super entertaining and good quality. You also brought up a lot of good info abt Congo, and since youre already using it for content it would be GREAT if you could use your platform to talk about the ongoing silent genocide in Congo because unfortunately things didn’t end happily ever after for the Congolese. It’d also be INCREDIBLE if you could donate some of the money you earned from this video. Love your stuff and look forward to your videos, thank you for talking a little bit abt Congo
Why don’t you do nicest kings
Because it's boring how do you not get this
@@TheBigTripper420to you 😂
They don't exist
Good idea
@@jordashi shut yo ass up get outta here
I've just found your channel but so far it's one of my favourite. That scene where nero plays the song through the fire and flames was very fitting
I’ve been bingeing your channel the past few days and you legit make me laugh out loud. lol moment for real
This one took FOREVER, glad to finally eat properly again
These are not easy to make 😭
4:02 you actually put the song "Through the fire and the flames" there LMFAAOOOOO 😂😂😂😂😂
OMG FINALLY U UPLOADED
THX MAN
12:05 Terminal Montage blue Yoshi. Jie knew that his reign would've ended right there if he tried screwing with Blue Yoshi.
Baby wake up new chat history vid dropped
Haaa....
Hell yeah
🗣I got the popcorn🍿
Im awake babe
How original
Is there evil queens who can do evil things? If so, then there should be a video just like this one. I like the video btw.
In the making!
@@ChatHistory can you not swear...☠️
You be having me cracking up on your videos !! Love them keep them coming please 😂❤😊
2:03 it’s giving animated Joffrey vibes.😂😂😂😂 I love your channel. Thx for great content.
8:35 😭 “Is this a sexual thing?”
“It could be!”
Thank you so much for clarifying that the people of Belgium did not know or receive benefits from the atrocities of our great... king Leopold, he is a despised figure, and we indeed are deeply ashamed of having his name attached to our country.
I experience true joy when you upload 😫
You’re hilarious. These edits are gold. Super smash brothers and legend of Zelda references earned the sub.
Hey there! Popped up on my feed. Watched,Subbed, commented, liked. 10/10 awesome writing. Hilarious art. Looking forward to more ❤
Thanks for adding some Belgium history about our monarchy in the past, even to this day, this reality is not widely known to Belgians
Actually, while it seems quite realistic that Nero set the fire, historians nowadays tilt more towards believing that some christian rebels set the fire and Nero was framed to make him seem more shitty than he was. Though the bar is low to be honest.
Nero literally started the first fire department in history and personally manned rescue efforts in the middle of the fire. Hell he was probably being less than useful taking that route over managing others, but the dude wanted to personally be putting out fires.
Basically, most contemporary evidence paints Nero as being one of the best Emperors in Roman History if you care about anything except war.
@@fearedjames my dad awlays mentioned that the buildings were old and were maintained so poorly thus tahts why he set it aflame to then replace it with newer better buildings
@@Rammkommando As I said, dude literally took it upon himself to be a first responder in fighting the fire the second he heard what was happening.
Most pre-Great Fire of London era mega cities were giant tinderboxes yes.
Oh wow, modern "historians" are shifting the blame to Christians? Shocking. Totally doesn't fit their narrative at all.
Bro... as a Warhammer fan these historical facts which insspired a lot of Warhammer writing are absolutely fascinating. Didn't know Istvaan existed IRL.
0:17 the guy from DEVIL MAY CRY???
Oh my god, I did NOT expect a small clip of Through the Fire and Flames in this video!!
dude your animation is comming along so well keep up the good work
If i had videos like these back in my school days, i would have so much more knowledge of history.
Love all the RuneScape things you used
6:47 with samonella being in the dungeon is so funny and sad at the same time. Makes sense, miss that guy
This video is amazing 😭! Well done.
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
I can’t believe I’ve been watching you for over a week now and my perpetually high ass only just now this second realized I wasn’t subscribed yet… It be like that sometimes.
I been waiting sooo long your videos makes me want to learn about history
I absolutely love the combination of history and comedy! You do a great job of teaching. I'm usually horrible at memorizing history stories and facts but your jokes and presentation make it way easier 😊
You know leopold treatment of the colonies was bad when the god damn spanish and british thought he went to far
Using Oceiros the Consumed King OST from Dark Souls 3 as background music for Emperor Nero's section is quite fitting
Oceiros the Consumed King was a fitting opening.
There’s a lot of theory’s that state that Nero is actually a case of one of the largest historical slanders in history by philosophers who hated him and blamed him for a lot of the bad shit that happened during his reign. He definitely killed his mom, and probably some others, but the fire especially is one thing that is debated.
I'm Belgian, you forgot them fries.
Damn French, stealing Belgian things.
"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, YOU'RE F*CKING DEAD." Lmao i love it.
Love the new avatar you made it looks so clean
“ and that it was properly flavored “ OH FUCK NO
Nero was very loved by the people and most of the negative news was from years after his death.
Therefore they're no longer sure if he was actually "evil" and if he really did all those things or if he was the victim of a successful smear campaign. Further empowered by all/most of the art about him being defaced, destroyed soon after his death.
All I want in my life is to get a history teacher like this dude in my university
these videos keep getting better
..." The furniture empire"!😂😂😂 HILARIOUS (UHHH ... THE "OTTOMAN" EMPIRE)!❤
3:06 i was watching this while playing super smash bros ultimate
We need a part 2 with Henry eighth
Evil stuff henry did
. Killed 57000 people
.divorced his first wife
.left his first wife to rot
. Left his daughter Mary I in pain and to rot
. Destroyed monasteries
.beheaded his second wife Anne Boleyn for giving him a girl
. Threatened his third wife with beheading
.married a fifteen year old girl when Henry was 49 (Katheryn Howard)
. Beheaded the fifteen year old girl when she was 17 as she was abused before marriage
. Stopped a woman from marrying her love as he wanted her
.married the woman Katherine parr
. Cheated on his wives all the time but if they were abused before marriage were killed
Was waiting for a next Video! 😁❤
WOAH, you now have fancy clothes and you drawing went up like crazy!
HELP IM A BELGIAN AND WHEN I SAW L30P0LD COME ON YHERE I GOT JUMP SCARED ASF
Weak
let's talk about how underrated this channel is😃
" I love you uncle daddy" had me crying!!! lol
We should get a new Sam O'Nella video in two months... to four years he's just taking a quick nap in there.
3:54 I laughed so hard
Loved the smash reference 3:13
But you sir, are an king! Good thing your not evil. Wonderful upload
Where my Romanians at
Tepes and Stefan riding together. Thats a cool image you found. Both great leaders. Cavaleri, fara de teama, la ospat, cu sange-n cana!
Love your work! Im hooked
The through the fires and flames reference earned this comment. 10/10
0:01 "Giggle what you doing man"
seeing leopold II, even satan was like "jesus fucking christ!!!"...
Yall ever notice that electrical outlets on the wall kind of look like little Panda faces?
Also regarding Leopold, sometimes the punishment wasn't just the workers' hands, it would be the hands and feet of their children, to further motivate them to work. There are photos.