43 Facts About Alcohol Served Up Like a Shot
You may know a lot about your favorite beer, wine or spirit, but we'd reckon there are a few facts on this list that will still surprise you. For instance: Did you know the funny way vodka was marketed to compete with the more popular whiskey? Or the weird ways Prohibition-era drinkers tried to capture the taste of their favorite drinks? Or how one of the most famous names in all of booze had actually never enjoyed a drop?
That said, this list does not include some sort of magical cure all for hangovers. You’re on your own with that.
Bootleggers
Medical Beer
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Guinness
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Beer Soaks
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Heineken
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Where does XX come from?
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Cross-fading
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John Walker was a teetotaler
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Skip the dark liquors (if you hate hangovers)
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Kim Jong-Il loved Hennessey
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Monkeys love booze
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Washington's Craft Beer
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The World's Strongest Beer
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Mountain Dew's original purpose
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Jack Daniels' origins
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Tequila vs Mezcal
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...The original milkshake sounds nasty
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Alcohol goes directly in your veins
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Beer is good for you
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The original beer brewers
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Catch up, rest of the world
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We love a lager
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The Most Popular Alcohol
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The World’s Oldest Brewery
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Chernobyl vodka
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Yeah, "milkshakes"
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Ooof.
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Performance enhacing drinking
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Jack Daniels
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Gin & Tonic vs Malaria
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200 Year Old Beer
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Praise Be To Beer
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Thanks Beer (For Oxygen!)
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Underground Beer Pipeline
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The Great Pyramid
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Your Wife's Weight in Beer
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