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What are thr worst instances of this happening throughout history

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[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

it happened during the Irish famine, I haven't done any real reading about it though but would be interested. we learn in school that people ate grass which is a fun euphemism for they ate each other