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pverheggenyesterday at 9:13 AM1 replyview on HN

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


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bkolobarayesterday at 9:27 AM

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