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TIL of New Ireland - a large island in Papua New Guinea with a population of 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland.

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W67d TIL A man from Indonesia left his 9 dogs unfed for 2 weeks during a vacation and when he returned home his starving dogs attacked and ate him.
9YQoQ TIL: There's a parasite found in cat feces called T. gondii which can cause permanent personality changes in humans and is associated with higher rates of schizophrenia, suicide & other neurological conditions.
7BVO TIL that 1 in 4 people in Greenland have attempted suicide, making it the most suicidal country in the world
xV047 TIL that in the Fuggerei, the oldest social housing complex in the world (located in the German city of Augsburg), the rent hasn't changed for over 500 years, and still stands at one Rhenish guilder (0.88 euros) per year, as well as three daily Catholic prayers for the current owners
kOGoE TIL Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he picked up playing the online role playing game World of Warcraft.