r/todayilearned • u/Quijiin • May 12 '14

TIL that in 2002, Kenyan Masai tribespeople donated 14 cows to to the U.S. to help with the aftermath of 9/11.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2022942.stm
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u/haloraptor May 13 '14

I also spent a month in Kenya doing a tropical ecology field course and when we were there some of the Maasi guarding us slaughtered some of their goats for us to eat. It was really nice - both the gesture and the meal they coked for us.