@cm0002@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 18 days agoTIL 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 18 days agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-square@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink9•17 days agoThe South Park guys did a musical loosely based on that called Cannibal the Musical.
minus-square@thericcer@reddthat.comlinkfedilink4•17 days agoCannibal the Musical was based on Alfred Packer, not the Donner Party. Much later and different circumstances. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Packer
minus-square@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink1•16 days agoI stand corrected. Now I will learn about Alfred Packer.
minus-square@thericcer@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•17 days agoA horse is a horse, of course, OF COURSE!
The South Park guys did a musical loosely based on that called Cannibal the Musical.
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
I stand corrected. Now I will learn about Alfred Packer.
Shpadoinkle!!
A horse is a horse, of course, OF COURSE!