@garfaagel 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-square15arrow-up1315arrow-down13
arrow-up1312arrow-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.com@garfaagel to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square15
Birds are awesome.