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Today I learned Disney World in Orlando has a Mosquito Surveillance Program.

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awNQ0 TIL that for the last 100 years, Minnesota's been refusing requests from Virginia to return a captured Confederate Battle flag; in 2000 Gov. Jesse Ventura responded “Why? We won. ... We took it. That makes it our heritage.”
vbeL TIL in Egypt, actors were not allowed to testify in court because they were seen as professional liars
pDAe TIL that Confederate Soldiers are not considered American Veterans
Km0w TIL Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has the most visual effects for any film, ever
VM4MB TIL Robert A Heinlein challenged readers' possible racial preconceptions by writing strong, sympathetic characters, only to reveal later that they are of African or other ancestry.