Did you know that honey never spoils? Or that octopuses have three hearts?

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I don't remember where I heard that first from but if I remember correctly the average mind needs about 10 positive events to happen to be able to compensate for one negative event.

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I'm not Irish but I like corned beef, potatoes, and beer.

Do you know why it's called corned beef? Because "corn" originally meant "individual grains of a cereal crop," (which is why you'll often see "corn" used to refer to wheat in older documents) and by extension "grains of salt." So to corn something meant to salt it down for preservation. Hence, corned beef. Why it's the only salted meat that is still called "corned" is a mystery to me. After all, salt pork is just corned pork. Salted fish is corned fish. But no, only beef is corned anymore.

Potatoes are a miracle crop. They greatly enhanced the diet of poor Europeans once they were introduced from the Americas. Yet another thing we can thank Native agriculture for, because the potato in its natural state is basically the size of a peanut. Dan Quale famously couldn't spell "potato" at a photo op with students, which at the time was a big deal, although now we'd probably have half the country telling Starbucks their name is potato with an E to own the libs.

And St. Patrick was probably Italian if he existed at all, and his color was blue, not green.

So on this blue day of salted beef and tubers which don't have certain vowels in them, enjoy your Guinness responsibly, and remember that beer is frequently clarified using extracts taken from fish swim bladders so it's not vegan.

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