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TIL In 2010, the US Embassy in Beijing began tweeting daily air quality data for its employees. Chinese citizens took notice, exposing under-reporting of pollution by the Chinese government. This outrage forced Chinese gov’t to get serious about addressing pollution.

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a8YrA TIL British television broadcaster Sky UK trademarks the word 'Sky', anyone who uses them on other media are being sued. Such examples are Sky suing Microsoft for the name, forcing them to change Skydrive to Onedrive, and Hello Games being forced to settle to keep the name No Man's Sky
Z84PD TIL the term masterpiece was not used to describe an artist's greatest work, but was used by guilds to describe the piece submitted to them by artists and craftsman to attain the rank of Master.
kZ0E TIL Joan Ginther won millions four times from Scratch off tickets. Last prize….10 million.
GAn0g TIL DecTalk, the text-to-speech software that Stephen Hawking used, is notoriously difficult to get legally since it has been discontinued. This is part of the reason for Moonbase Alpha's (2012) popularity, since it utilizes a modified version of the software.
GYJB7 TIL about the Demon Ukobach, said to be the inventor of fireworks and the art of frying foods.