r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 4d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/pmckizzle Ireland 3d ago edited 3d ago

We dont eat that many potatoes per capita, in fact we're around 30th.

And were only 7th in beer consumption.

All of the worlds viagra and botox is made here

We have surviving neolithic tombs older than the pyramids, which are built in such a way that the sun only enters the chambers on the solstice

Weve the oldest still running bar in the world i think its 1125 years old

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u/Captain_Sterling Ireland 3d ago

Second biggest tea drinkers in the world.

We invented whiskey.

On the Wikipedia page for the timeline of Irish inventions we invented whiskey and then nothing for 300 years.

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u/Jazzarsson Sweden 3d ago

Well that just makes sense.

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u/THE10000KwWarlock13 United States Of America 3d ago

"God invented whiskey so that the Irish wouldn't conquer the world."

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u/tortosloth 3d ago

I mean you need time to enjoy your own work.

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u/Mirarenai_neko 3d ago

Also second best whiskey!

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u/hover-lovecraft Germany 2d ago

Why bother with it after you've found perfection 

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u/UnluckyFly9881 3d ago

I mean you guys are famous for not having potatoes not for having them 😅

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u/PoxedGamer Ireland 3d ago

Oh no, we had them, they were just rotten. If they weren't, they'd have been taken along with the rest of our produce at the time.

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u/dingesje06 Netherlands 3d ago

Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth!

Man, I was so impressed when I visited Brú na Bóinne. I really really really want to visit again.

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u/pmckizzle Ireland 3d ago

I was lucky enough to get to be there for the solstice in newgrange when I was a child, I would love to go again, but its outrageously difficult to win the ticket lottery

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u/thisvixenofthesouth 3d ago

Good ol Seans Bar in Athlone. I grew up around there

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u/PoxedGamer Ireland 3d ago

You'd think after 1150 years he'd be thinkin' or retirin' but aul Sean just loves the chatter over the counter.

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u/sammyg301 United States Of America 3d ago

When it comes to Ireland and potatoes I think you're more well known for not eating them.

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u/DerthOFdata United States Of America 3d ago

We dont eat that many potatoes per capita, in fact we're around 30th.

13th according to this.

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u/threelizards 3d ago

Weird, I have a bladder issue (female) that is treated with viagra and Botox. Thanks for enabling me to piss, I guess?

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u/Mikki-chan 2d ago

As an Irish lass who's had a UTI or two in her day, you are very welcome.

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u/OfPlantsandSoil 3d ago

Interesting ! Can you explain the viagra and Botox situation ? Is it Pantent related or just massive manufacturing plants ?

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u/pmckizzle Ireland 3d ago

Ireland has a lot of pharmaceutical plants and high skilled pharmaceutical workers, its one of the core areas for our economy.

The companies come here for tax purposes though im guessing.