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.

@cm0002@lemmy.world · 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.

👍Maximum Derek👍 · 2 months ago

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 · 2 months ago

That’s just girls being girls tbh

@NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

god forbid girls have hobbies

@RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 months ago

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

👍Maximum Derek👍 · 2 months ago

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

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.

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.

Donner Party - Wikipedia