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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 2 points 20 hours ago

We're talking about maybe a day of my life over 20 years ago lol. I remember it being taught that it happened, but I honestly don't remember if they emphasized how desperate for survival they were. I think it's easy for some Americans to associate "Donner Party" with "crazy man-eating lunatic cult of the wild west" due to only retaining surface-level information on the topic.

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