"Saint Patrick: An Englishman credited with chasing the snakes out of Ireland. Scientists have confirmed that there never were any snakes in Ireland. In any case, the audacity of this man's boldfaced lie captured the hearts and minds of an entire people, and planted the seeds for what would become two of Ireland's major global exports: lies and liars."(From "Burgerdier and Commander's Big Book of Interesting Facts", page 453)
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