Wisconsin wins my vote for originality.
A lot of American states have official state flowers, state songs, state animals, and so on… but Wisconsin looks set to break new ground by naming an official state microbe. A bill currently progressing through the state assembly would make Lactococcus lactis - the bacterium that helps turn milk into cheese - one of its official insignias.
(the more you know)
Crazy stuff. I guess they are famous for cheese, so why not be nice to the little round bacterium that has made them so famous?
