What The Chicago River Looks Like On St. Patrick's Day

It ain't easy being green.

Every St. Patrick's Day, the Chicago River is dyed green.

They've been doing it for 43 years now.

Other cities have tried to do what Chicago does, but no one does it like Chicago.

That's because they figured out the perfect dye to make the river this vibrant shade of St. Patrick's Day green.

The dye they use is actually orange (because orange + blue = green, remember?).

And they have a huge parade to go along with it every year.

And I guess that brings in enough revenue to justify dying a river green.

The good news is they only have to do a section of it.

This year was especially awesome because there was a flying leprechaun.

Which is pretty remarkable.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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