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Duolingo announces death of Duo the Owl, its make-believe mascot: 'He had many enemies' "He probably died waiting for you to do your lesson, but what do we know," Duolingo joked in a statement.
A moment of silence for Duo, the Duolingo owl. The language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that its iconic, chaotic and unhinged mascot Duo Keyshauna Renee Lingo — more commonly known ...
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to members of O.N.E. The Duo — a mother-daughter country duo consisting of Tekitha, a female voice of the Wu-Tang Clan, and Prana, whose dad is Wu-Tang's founder RZA.
Duo Keyshauna Renee Lingo, more commonly known as Duo the Owl, was born in 1000 BC, according to an X post made by Duolingo on Tuesday. The animated green owl is known for reminding users to ...
By Wednesday, Duo’s death was being widely discussed online, with some likening it to the 2020 “death” of Mr. Peanut, who the brand Planters announced had passed away in a pre-Super Bowl ad.
Duo the Owl was known to often idolize Dua Lipa, and she has acknowledged the ongoing joke. She even retweeted the news of Duo the Owl’s death with her own post on X.
Turns out, Duo's death may have just been a ploy to get Duolingo users back on the app to do their language lessons. In a social media post last week, the company said 50 billion XP, or learning ...
In fact, Duo has inspired countless parody accounts across social media that embrace the Duolingo jokes, Duolingo memes, and the insanity that is constant reminders to practice and advance.