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TIL Wisconsin has an area with very sandy soil which is able to support a desert like environment including prickly pear cactus and a few species of lizard.

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pYvQp TIL In 2012, following the Negros earthquake in the Philippines, rumors spread in Cebu City that a tsunami had hit causing residents to panic. The panic was said to have been caused by a misinterpreted cry for someone named "Chona Mae," which was mistaken as a call for "tsunami."
QjY9 TIL that according to South Carolina’s constitution, you cannot hold a public office if you deny the existence of a Supreme Being.
b9lv4 TIL AriZona iced tea has never wavered from the 99-cent price point introduced shortly after the drink debuted in 1992. It’s even printed on the label as a way of warding off sugar-water price gouging by retailers.
78p8b TIL there was a cold snap called the Great Blue Norther on 11/11/1911 where many Midwestern cities recorded record high and low temperatures within a two day span. There were also at least a dozen tornadoes.
k84E TIL Pizza Hut once made a delivery to the International Space Station in 2001. They paid the Russians $1 million to transport the Pizza (and make a commercial from it).