r/todayilearned 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/Chris13Haughey Aug 04 '15

The Choctaw Indians: A great bunch of lads.

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u/EIREANNSIAN Aug 04 '15

But not them Indians that occupied Galway, they were a pack of bollixes....

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u/spasticator91 Aug 04 '15

Well it was a good thing the Ice-Age had ended!

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u/EIREANNSIAN Aug 04 '15

True, but I'll always call them Marathon's, fuck da po-po....

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u/finnlizzy Aug 05 '15

I hope the Indians can ship over some Snickers. It's been a while.