The Strange People You'll Only Meet On the Subway

The More You Know

• Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties have been registered as blood donors.
• 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.
• The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
• Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.