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   Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 06:38:37 JST Today I learned

   TIL Sequoyah, an illiterate warrior of the Cherokee Nation, observed the "talking leaves" (writing) of the white man in 1813. He thought it was military advantage and created a syllabary for Cherokee from scratch in 1821. It caught on quickly and Cherokee literacy surpassed 90% just 9 years later.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah#Syllabary_and_Cherokee_literacy
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