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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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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes I forget about how much of a weird history nerd I am until someone reminds me that "no...not everyone already knows about weird history shit off the top of their head."

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Donner Party was definitely common knowledge among kids in the 90s.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Patch Adams helps. https://youtu.be/KmpvNTb3UGc?t=1m4s