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Why does an Irish chili have only 239 beans in it?

by cringeyjokesman February 23, 2023, 6:56 pm

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TIL that Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick created the famous – and somewhat ubiquitous – red, black and white Che Guevara image. Fitzpatrick, aged 16, met Guevara in Ireland too. Fitzpatrick began distributing for free, stating ‘I literally wanted it to breed like rabbits. I wanted it to spread.’

by whatilearned February 22, 2023, 1:53 am

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TIL while living in a French village in the 1950s, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett sometimes drove local children to school, including a young Andre the Giant and two bonded over their love of cricket, with Andre later recalling that the two rarely talked about anything else.

by whatilearned February 17, 2023, 3:28 am

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TIL that in the Irish language there are no words for “yes” or “no”

by whatilearned February 16, 2023, 5:47 am

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TIL the song “Ireland’s Call” was commissioned in 1995 to be used as the anthem for Ireland’s national rugby team since the team consists of Republican and Northern Irish players who are technically from two different countries.

by whatilearned February 6, 2023, 7:14 pm

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In the early days of mixed play, an English couple, an Irish couple and a Scottish couple are at the links ready to tee off.

by cringeyjokesman February 3, 2023, 7:16 am

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TIL of the St Patrick’s Battalion, a unit of the Mexican Army, was composed mainly of Irish Catholic immigrants who deserted the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico, due to sympathy for the Mexican cause based on similarities between the situations in Mexico and Ireland.

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 3:24 pm

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TIL, the Irish Potato Famine, an agricultural disaster that occurred between 1840 and 1850, resulted in over one million deaths and another million emigrants leaving the country.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 7:56 pm

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My grandma is 80% Irish.

by cringeyjokesman January 20, 2023, 9:41 am

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TIL: The term “Tory” comes from the Middle Irish word “tóraí,” which means “outlaw” or “robber.” The name “Tory” was originally intended to be an insult, but it was eventually embraced by the party and its members.

by whatilearned January 15, 2023, 12:09 pm

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What’s Irish and stays out all summer?

by cringeyjokesman January 10, 2023, 5:43 pm

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I went to an Irish pub for the first time.

by cringeyjokesman January 9, 2023, 1:56 pm

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