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TIL Olympic athletes who finish in the top eight in an event are awarded an Olympic diploma

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477b TIL that a shortage of sand has created a Sand Mafia in India, employing 35 million people and generating $126bn annually.
JYMwQ TIL that mosquito nets given to people in Africa to protect them from contracting malaria whilst sleeping are instead being used as fishing nets, damaging local ecosystems and the chemicals they're coated in are affecting drinking water supplies
VMJoZ TIL that if an acronym is said letter by letter, like FBI or ATM, it is called an initialism. To be a true acronym all of the letters must be said as a word, some examples are NATO, NASA and POTUS.
8ZYb TIL NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley once tried to spit at a fan shouting racial slurs during a game, but his spit accidentally hit the little girl next to him instead. Barkley became friends with the girl and her family and gave them tickets to later games.
Ooyn1 TIL that China's Great Firewall inventor had to use a VPN during a presentation on the merits of internet censorship