Alcohol Trivia

• The word “toast,” which means wishing good health originated in ancient Rome. A piece of toasted bread was literally dropped into wine back then.
  
• 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.
  
• Most people think that drinking alcohol raises the body temperature. Alcohol actually lowers the body temperature.
  
• Here is a little surprise : 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 vegetable and almost all fruits contain a small amount of alcohol in them.
  
• The pressure in a champagne bottle is 90 pounds per square inch, that is three times the pressure in automobile tires.
  
• The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.
  
• It is illegal to feed alcohol to Moose in Alaska and fish in Ohio.
  
• In some European countries McDonald’s serves alcohol. Some parents like to drink alcohol while kids munch on fries and chicken nuggets. McDonald’s decided they needed all the customers they can get.
  
• Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns.
  
• 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.
  

Ed wrote:

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