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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 1 May 2013

    Researchers from @Smithsonian say first English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism during brutal winterhttp://bbc.in/103wEhI 

    8:49 AM - 1 May 2013
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    36 replies 352 retweets 63 likes
      1. John Philpott‏ @JobsEconomist 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian And got banned for 10 games no doubt

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      1. Angie Baby  🐰 🌹‏ @Comeonmurray12 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian sounds a terrible moment in history. but what had to be done, had to be done.

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      2. Jessica‏ @jessica_cath91 1 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism during brutal winter http://bbc.in/103wEhI ” @Andie_Whitfield

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      4. Jessica‏ @jessica_cath91 1 May 2013
        Replying to @Andie_Whitfield

        @Andie_Whitfield @bbcbreaking @bbcbreaking so good! Definitely referencing them! #lifesavers

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      2. Angela Hursh - Library Marketer‏ @webmastergirl 1 May 2013
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        Ewe!! “@BBCBreaking: Researchers from @Smithsonian say first English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism http://bbc.in/103wEhI ”

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      3. Anita Bray Farrell‏ @ABFarrell 1 May 2013
        Replying to @webmastergirl

        @webmastergirl Tastes like chicken!

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      4. Angela Hursh - Library Marketer‏ @webmastergirl 1 May 2013
        Replying to @ABFarrell

        @ABFarrell I will not be trying that recipe on Bite From the Past!!!

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      5. Allison Pfeffer‏ @Allipfeffer 1 May 2013
        Replying to @webmastergirl

        @webmastergirl @ABFarrell If you did Bite From the Past would take on a whole new meaning.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Crystal Pyramid Crew‏ @crystalpyramid1 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian People do what it takes to survive. Sometimes it's not pretty.

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      1. Lucas Tock‏ @TockLucas 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian #ravenous

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      1. kelsey‏ @kelseyanzai 1 May 2013
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        Science, guys. Science. MT: “@BBCBreaking: Researchers say first English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism http://bbc.in/103wEhI ”

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      1. Cerys Baigent‏ @Dr_Chuggins 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking dinner was late - complaining step-daughter not impressed when I used this story to explain what it really means to be starving

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      1. Tom Barber‏ @MrTomBarber 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian interesting how they suddenly become English.

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      1. Jeff Watson‏ @jeff151jeff 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian that's where mac'is started

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      1. Donald Campbell‏ @dawl17 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian Remember the Franklin Expedition? Lady Jane Franklin, Charles Dickens, etc, vilified Dr John Rae, shame on them.

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      1. Kimberley Woolen‏ @karichards 1 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Researchers from @Smithsonian say first EN settlers in Us resorted to cannibalism during brutal winter http://bbc.in/103wEhI 

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      1. Richard Chiles‏ @Nootlin 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @smithsonian anthropological Q: if racist white men ate native Americans they considered sub-human, would it be cannibalism?

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      1. Rachel‏ @Rachel66E 1 May 2013
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        @BBCBreaking do you have to am about to eat my dinner!

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      1. Паул Докси‏ @Spdoxey 1 May 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Researchers say first English settlers in America resorted to cannibalism during brutal winter" we eat yanks for breakfast!

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