Sign Language Facts

When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing "Comfortable hole, bye."

When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."

There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.

The football huddle is credited to one deaf quarterback hiding his hands. In 1894, Gallaudet played a game against another deaf team. Quarterback Paul Hubbard called plays in sign language, open for anyone to read. So he had his teammates circle up tight before every snap. That circle became the huddle, copied by teams everywhere. Teams still huddle up today, from Friday night lights to the NFL, 132 years later.