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TIL Joshua Trees are not actually Trees, but Succulents. However, they are considered trees of the desert.

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d5J7 TIL there is a quiet zone located in Virginia and West Virginia, nearly 13,000 square miles in size, where radio transmissions are strongly restricted by law, to the point of having a patrol that goes around and forces you to shut off anything that emits radio waves.
nL1W TIL 1964 Republican Presidential Nominee Barry Goldwater was a supporter of gay rights and denounced the religious right after their rise in 1980’s
AGwg TIL architects designed an ‘Earthscraper’ in response to a 10-story height limit on buildings in Mexico City. Reaching 1000 feet deep and shaped like a inverted pyramid, pedestrians walking over its transparent top ('base’) would be able to look down toward the bottom ('peak’) of the structure.
MEwA TIL Mick “Crocodile” Dundee was based on an actual person who survived 56 days in crocodile infested outback Australia. He died in a police shootout after he killed a cop while high on amphetamines.
neQLP TIL That a printer could not be found to manufacture Eric Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the United States. Instead, editor Ann Beneduce located a printer in Japan that was able to produce the book.