Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 19, 2012

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La la loo! Because many of a parrot's calls are learned rather than instinctive, parrot populations often develop local dialects in their songs depending on what birds they grew up with! The Pacific island nation of Kiribati straddles both the equator and the international date line! Jonathan Woodlief of Dallas, Texas, USA, needed a kidney transplant in 2012, and his wife of less than a month, Caitlin, was a match, despite less than 1 in 100 odds!