garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)English · 1 year agoTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languagewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down13
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languagewww.mentalfloss.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)English · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
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