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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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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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tetris11@lemmy.ml to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

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Donner Party - Wikipedia

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