Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day, to be sure!

Legend has it that St Patrick rid Ireland of all her snakes. It's a nice story, albeit factually incorrect. I always thought it was a little odd that Patrick would banish snakes from Ireland, but not from his native Britain.

For those of you who worry about such things, here's a slightly more scientific explanation of why Ireland has no snakes.

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