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TIL that bug zappers rarely kill biting insects, and are actually damaging to the ecosystem since they kill many predators and parasites that keep bug populations low

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KYOaa TIL Movies made in France can access a tax rebate (worth up to 40% of spend) if the movie passes a Cultural Test, which awards points if at least one main character is "of a nationality that cannot be determined". More points for sets being "symbolic of France".
5YEd9 TIL that in 1938 Chinese caused an intentional flood in an attempt to stop the advance of Japanese troops 400,000-900,000 people died.
aLQZ TIL In the US, the right to refuse to pledge allegiance to the flag was won in the Supreme Court by Jehovah’s Witnesses
W7NNY TIL Click languages are a group of languages found only in Africa in which clicks function as normal consonants. The sole report outside Africa of a language using clicks involves the special case of Damin, a ritual vocabulary of the Lardil of northern Queensland, Australia.
l7n0N TIL one French farmer commits suicide every two days