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cm0002@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

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.

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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.

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    I was once stuck on a train near Donner pass for 6 or 8 hours. The train had a whole car that had been booked by a girlscout group, so I got to spend a chunk of that time listening to a few tweens debate what order to eat everyone in.

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      That’s just girls being girls tbh

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        god forbid girls have hobbies

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      I would have broken out in this song:

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=0CizU8aB3c8

      From this musical:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal!_The_Musical

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        It was been way too long since I’ve watched that.

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