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TIL that in 1968, students at the University of Colorado named their new cafeteria after Alfred Packer, a notorious self-confessed cannibal in Colorado history. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 5 months ago

But why? The article just states it happened without any context

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