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TIL that scientists were able to identify a song, Amelia's Song, as a genuine West African Mende funeral song that had been passed down orally over multiple centuries
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20 days ago
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bambam
20 days ago
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This is such a cool story! This is what societies used to do right?
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joseph
19 days ago
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Yea, centuries where the regular person couldn't read and write
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getthatmoneyyo
19 days ago
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I've started to really appreciate the heart warming stories that can come out of really unfortunate turbulent times
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sometimessober
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16 days ago
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Makes you wonder what we're going to get out of our time
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getthatmoneyyo
13 days ago
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Just some really bad trap songs lol
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sometimessober
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10 days ago
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Don't remind me of those please