In the news…
Spotted this in the Chinese English-language newspaper China Daily on August 26th:

Beijing’s own flies terminator discovered

A man in Beijing has killed 549,424 flies in the past 10 years. He can distinguish between male and female flies when he kills them.
Huang Baolin says killing flies is an excellent form of exercise, He spends eight hours a day killing flies in the summer.
Last year, Hu Xilin, a famous fly killer in South China came to visit him. The two exchanged views on how to kill more flies. Hu gave Huang a small fly killing machine as a gift, which Huang donated to a nearby food store.
“I will spend the rest of my life killing flies!” Huang proclaimed.