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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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[–] temporal_spider@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Here is an excellent video that goes into the matter. https://youtu.be/O5xMpsYdzgg