#DrunkWeekend - Did You Know These Crazy Facts About Beer
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by Angry Young Indian / May. 19, 2015
Who does not like glass of chilled beer, let crazy hangover follow on over consumption.
But hey, Did you know these bizzare facts about that chilled, soothing pleasure of ours?
- George Washington had his own brewhouse on the grounds of Mount Vernon
Source - Egyptian Pyramid workers were paid with beer:
1 gallon (4L) per day.
Source - The oldest known recipe for BEER is over 4,000 years old, made by Sumerians
Source - In the Middle Ages BEER was consumed more than water as the alcohol made it safer
Source - Beer is claimed to help prevent cardiac disease and cognitive decline
Source - The world's longest hangover lasted 4 weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer
Source - Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets: 5 cans of beer for a day's work, plus 10 Euro and tobacco
Source - Until the 1970s in Belgium, table beer was served in Boarding Schools
Source - In Africa Beer Are Made From Bananas
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