@cm0002@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 1 month 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-up174cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up174external-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 • 1 month agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink9•1 month agoThe South Park guys did a musical loosely based on that called Cannibal the Musical.
minus-square@thericcer@reddthat.comlinkfedilink4•1 month 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•1 month agoI stand corrected. Now I will learn about Alfred Packer.
minus-square@thericcer@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•1 month 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!