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TIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

AFAIK everyone in the US learns about this as part of their middle school curriculum.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Ah okay, IANAA - it was new to me

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