There were 42 different sports in this year’s Summer Olympic Games, and 23 in the Paralympics.
- Saint Teresa of Calcutta was born in Kosovo.
- A hump day is usually a Wednesday, meaning that it is the middle of the week, and the remaining days are all more easily worked as they are downhill.
- A BFFL is a Best Friend For Life in computerese.
- Tommy Douglas, first leader of the New Democratic Party, successfully introduced universal health care in Canada.