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My roommate won’t stop talking about the Great Depression. Pretty sure she brought it up 10 times during dinner
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Anonymous 3w

But did you know that they put ketchup in hot water for free tomato soup….

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Anonymous 3w

Wow that’s insane. Anyway the hobos during the Great Depression used to eat a thing called “mulligan stew”. It generally consisted of beans, ketchup, and whatever vegetables/meat rations were available

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Anonymous 3w

Sounds like a hyperfixation or they just want you to be educated

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

People also ate roadkill and painted their legs bc they couldn’t afford stockings

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Have you ever heard of peach pit jewelry?!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Also the word hobo used to not be pejorative. It used to be a term for “nomadic” laborers who would hop on trains and find work across the country

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

Can’t a girl just love random facts

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