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TIL There is 80 million Irish people in the world but only ~4 million in Ireland

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7eWO TIL apple puts new employees on fake projects to see if they can trust them
AN94a TIL that there was a man who survived the towers collapsing on 9/11, then after walking aimlessly through the city had a chance encounter with the entire cast of Everybody loves Raymond who then housed, fed, and clothed him until he could return home safely to Staten Island the next morning .
4Xve6 TIL due to a shortage of space, burials in cemeteries are limited in Singapore to a maximum of 15 years, after which the deceased must be dug up and cremated.
8aWYL TIL Ming China placed limits on how frequently its client states could offer tribute. This was because Ming China always provided a return gift whenever they received tribute, which would often be of greater value than the tribute received.
N7VD6 TIL of the Murray Gell-Man Amnesia Effect, i.e., we give newspapers the benefit of the doubt even after we catch them being inaccurate on subjects we know about. (Term was coined by Michael Crichton in "Why Speculate?")