Easter Island
About Easter Island
Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Easter Island is also the only territory in Polynesia where Spanish is an official language.
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All of the statues were knocked over at some point after first Western contact. When the first sailors arrived in 1722, there was a Dutchman called Jacob Roggeveen. He visited on Easter Day in 1722, which is why he gave it the name Easter Island. They were all standing — there are no descriptions of any that have fallen over.
from 430: No Such Thing As The Assistant Honcho, 2022-06-10 at 00:12:23 · read transcript
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Then a moji came second and is nothing to do with the motion. This is like the sun and the moon being the same size coincidence. This is the whole falling into place. It's like a lot of emojis that have got nothing to do with emotion like a suitcase or like an Easter Island hat. Exactly, yeah. That does now kind of check out, doesn't it? I like what they decide to add each year.
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Per capita, yes. Okay. Interesting. I think, and it's quite hard to explain why and no one has adequately done it. My theory is that this place perhaps doesn't have access to that much good, fresh food because of its geographical location. You're quite far away, it's Norway. Easter Island. Oh, okay, sorry. Norway. Norway eats by far the most pizza. 11.4 kilos per person. Next is Canada, 8.9.
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I've been to the fact that, you know, Heston Blumenthal's place and he plays music sometimes to you when you eat a certain thing, you have to wear headphones and listen to the sound of the sea while you eat some seafood and stuff. Exactly. It'd be like Verdi would be playing, you know, while you're eating on the airplane. It's a pasta. Exactly. It is that. If you're on your way to Easter Island, just the sound of rats screaming. I've got a case study for you. I'll go on. OK, you live in a seaside flat, right? Yes. In Italy.
430: No Such Thing As The Assistant Honcho, 2022-06-10 · listen
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