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cm0002@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year 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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  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
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      That’s just girls being girls tbh

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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        god forbid girls have hobbies

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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        It was been way too long since I’ve watched that.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    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.”

    • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The Donner Party was definitely common knowledge among kids in the 90s.

      • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works
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        Patch Adams helps. https://youtu.be/KmpvNTb3UGc?t=1m4s

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    A blast from the past: https://xkcd.com/30/

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    The South Park guys did a musical loosely based on that called Cannibal the Musical.

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      Cannibal the Musical was based on Alfred Packer, not the Donner Party. Much later and different circumstances.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Packer

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        I stand corrected. Now I will learn about Alfred Packer.

      • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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        Shpadoinkle!!

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          A horse is a horse, of course, OF COURSE!

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    Abraham Lincoln almost joined the trip but decided against taking the job offer in San Francisco

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    Recommend the book The Indifferent Stars Above. Shits brutal

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

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        Niiiice hat!

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    • musky_occultist@lemmy.world
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      For Shia LaBeouf!

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        Actual cannibal Shia LaBeouf?!

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    There’s a great podcast series on this on Legends of the Old West that details the events that lead up to this tragedy.

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    https://youtu.be/O5xMpsYdzgg

    I love her video about the Donner Party

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