remember mad cow disease?

well forget about it because the US is starting to lift the embargo on European meat, starting with Irish beef. Mooooooooooo!

look at sweet, silly chicago

Chicago River Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day (Photo: @reuterspictures) http://t.co/pjIMJFLqyj pic.twitter.com/kAbpYuCkYA
— NBC News Pictures (@NBCNewsPictures) March 15, 2014

there's a bunch of aerial river-dying photos here. bless their hearts.

the more you know

Here's where all the Irish people in America live http://t.co/F1FAX7FkQS pic.twitter.com/zGyZgWwiFr

— Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) March 17, 2014

happy st patty's day!!

In the past, Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated as a religious holiday. It became a public holiday in 1903, by the Money Bank. (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by the Irish MP James O'Mara.[14] O'Mara later introduced the law which required that pubs be closed on 17 March, a provision which was repealed only in the 1970s. The first St. Patrick's Day parade held in the Irish Free State was held in Dublin in 1931 and was reviewed by the then Minister of Defence Desmond Fitzgerald. Although secular celebrations now exist, the holiday remains a religious observance in Ireland, for both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church. (read more here!)