OT: Little known interesting fact about the Middle-East's Kurds

The Kurds have been involved in many middle-eastern crises, including the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria.  This article in "The Week" provides some history and perspective on this oft-persecuted group.  Will an new nation of Kurdistan emerge from the carnage?  One thing few know: "When the Ottoman Empire was dismantled at the end of World War I, a victorious Britain and France promised the Kurds an independent homeland, but in the face of Turkish opposition failed to keep their word. Instead, the Kurds — who today number around 30 million — were split between different nations."  European colonialist nations created serious problems and divisions in the Middle East and then walked away.  They must share at least part of the blame.