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Jul 01, 2020
TIL that in the 80s, deaf Nicaraguan children with no prior sign language (or any true language) exposure were brought together to a deaf school, & started spontaneously making their own sign language, developing complexity & syntax. This gave linguists rare insight into the birth of human language.
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May 19, 2019
TIL that when Koko the gorilla met William Shatner, she grabbed him by the balls.
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