garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 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-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-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)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareJesse@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven if it’s just an apocryphal story, it’s at least a crazy-interesting concept that I hadn’t even considered before.
Even if it’s just an apocryphal story, it’s at least a crazy-interesting concept that I hadn’t even considered before.