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20 fascinating facts…because I said so.

Published on July 10th, 2009 in Booze News by Zach

Greetings fellow drinkers! I know I’ve been absent for quite some time. I am not even sure how long, as there was a couple month bender hidden in there. It is Christmas next week right? Anyway, I happened upon an article with some interesting facts about alcohol. The article contained 35 facts, but quite a few of those were plain boring. I hate when people add to a list just to make it bigger and more impressive. Pretentious assholes. Without any further adieu, and in no particular order, here are my favorites from that list:

- The word “toast,” which means wishing good health, originated in ancient Rome. A piece of toasted bread was literally dropped into wine back then.

- The soil of one of the vineyards in France is considered so precious that it is mandatory for workers to scrape the soil off their shoes before they leave.

- Anyone under the age of 21 should be careful of taking out trash bags in Missouri. If you are under 21 and the garbage contains an empty bottle of alcohol, you can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

- The national anthem of United States, “The Star Spangled Banner,” was written to the tune of a drinking song.

- Although “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is considered to be the shortest sentence that includes all the letters of the alphabet, alcohol lovers came up with one of their own “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”

- Most vegetables and almost all fruits contain a small amount of alcohol in them.

- The first Thanksgiving Day didn’t include mashed potatoes, turkey, and all other foods that we usually eat on this particular day. However, there was beer, brandy, gin, and wine.

- Adolf Hitler was one of the world’s best known abstainers from alcohol.

- Sir Winston Churchill was one of the world’s heaviest drinkers.

- The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.

- United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the entire world.

- In the 1600’s, thermometers used to be filled with brandy instead of mercury.

- There is a cloud of alcohol in the outer space which is enough to make four trillion-trillion drinks.

- It is illegal to feed alcohol to moose in Alaska and fish in Ohio.

- Distilled spirits such as brandy, gin, rum, tequila, etc. contain no carbohydrates, no fat,s and no cholesterol of any kind.

- A mixed drink that contains carbonated drink is absorbed into the body more quickly than straight shots.

- Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns.

- All spirits (unlike beer and wine) are originally clear and colorless. The golden brown and other colors are achieved due to the aging process.

- Here is another one we found that relates to Texas: Texas state law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

- The BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) prohibits the use of word “refreshing” to describe any alcoholic beverage.

So, there you have it, 20 of the 35 fascinating facts that I thought were worth knowing. If you want to see the rest, suit yourself. You will just realize how right I am again. Everyone always does because I am always right.

http://cognac.com/35-interesting-and-fun-alcohol-facts/

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