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bob @huntthesnark.bsky.social

It still blows my mind that the passenger pigeon, whose flocks were once large enough to blot out the sun, was driven to extinction to produce cheap food for laborers.

aug 24, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0

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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social

Something I found out recently, is that lobster was once considered cheap food fit only for the lower classes, prisoners, and servants.

aug 24, 2025, 5:58 am • 1 0 • view