I think something like that happened once. I could be remembering it incorrectly, though. I still have ways of getting ahold of some people from the Kumoricon family, so I could still be informed on the important stuff.
What would you do if you found out you could learn a new language just by standing next to someone who spoke that language (like if you stood next to someone who could speak Swahili, causing you to learn Swahili)?