Bizarre Shenanigans That You Only Experience On The Subway

The More You Know

• Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
• It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
• The Guinness brewery supported all of it's employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
• Saint Patrick's Day began as a "feast day". To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption, which is why excessive drinking has become linked to the celebration.