Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 11, 2014
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Transcript:
The critically endangered Kakapo of New Zealand is the only parrot that can't fly; it climbs trees instead, can live for 90 years, and has a strong musky odor that attracts predators. There are less than 150 left in the wild! I'll take a sundae please! USA In Korea, a sundae is not ice cream but cow or pig intestines stuffed with noodles and blood. Yuk! In 1937, Hershey made a chocolate bar for U.S. Army rations that withstood temperatures of 120F and tasted only a little better than a boiled potato, so that soldiers saved it for emergencies.
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