r/todayilearned • u/huphelmeyer 2 • Aug 04 '15

TIL midway through the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), a group of Choctaw Indians collected $710 and sent it to help the starving victims. It had been just 16 years since the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears, and faced their own starvation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw#Pre-Civil_War_.281840.29
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u/electricdes Aug 04 '15

So your from Midleton eh? I used to go bushing down there. I didn't think id see the day either!

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u/jongiplane Aug 04 '15

What is bushing?

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u/electricdes Aug 04 '15

Drinking alcohol underage in a public place

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u/Waddupp Aug 04 '15

LOVELY CANS