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@til Today I learned that the word “gorilla” comes from Hanno the Navigator, who discovered a “tribe of hairy women” as he was sailing down the west ...
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Kat isno.wales kathrin@isno.wales
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@til Today I learned that the word “gorilla” comes from Hanno the Navigator, who discovered a “tribe of hairy women” as he was sailing down the west coast of Africa, whom his local guides called the “gorillai”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno_the_Navigator#Gorillai#til
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ElReatonVaquer0 lemmy.world ElReatonVaquer0@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-31
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-Holy shit bro! Is he banging that gorilla?? What the fuck!!

-Yeah dude! I told him they were "hairy women" and he totally bought it!
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