August 22, 2024
During the 1920s Irish immigrants living in the Tipperary Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, would throw rocks at a newly installed traffic light because it (like all such lights) placed “British red” above “Irish green.” The city agreed to hang the light upside down, and today the traffic light still has green on top and red on the bottom.
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The Irish Quiz
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Aug 21
Why does leaving a Michigan beach cost some people $3,000? -
Aug 20
The inventor of the car muffler also invented what other device? -
Aug 19
What can make your blood type change? -
Aug 18
What common animal was once a rarity in urban areas? -
Aug 17
What inventor set a land-speed record? -
Aug 16
How close do near-Earth asteroids get to Earth? -
Aug 15
What famous artist had to hide from a death sentence ordered by the pope? -
Aug 14
What creature had hundreds of legs and weighed as much as a large dog? -
Aug 13
What happens to the ratio of boys to girls born in wartime? -
Aug 12
How could wordplay pay during the 17th century?