Beer Facts:
1. At any given time, 0.7% of the world is drunk. So 50 million people are drunk right now. :beer:
2. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass. :beers:
3. The world's longest hangover lasted 4 weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer. :beer:
4. The strongest beer in the world has a 67.5% alcohol content. :beers:
5. Slugs like beer.:beer:
6. Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets: 5 cans of beer for a day's work, plus €10 and tobacco. :beers:
7. Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013. :beer:
8. Until the 1970s in Belgium, table beer was served in schools refectories.:beers:
9. At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland first prize is the wife's weight in beer. :beer:
10. There's a beer brewed from bananas in Africa. :beers:
11. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple in Thailand was constructed with 1 million bottles of Heineken and a local beer. :beer:
12. More Guinness beer is drunk in Nigeria than Ireland. :beers:
13. In the Land of the Pharaohs of Egypt, beer was the national currency. :beer:
14. In Argentina, political parties have their own brands of beer. :beers:
15. Norway's first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer. :beer:
16. When scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery gave him a perpetual supply of beer piped into his house. :beers:
17. In 1963, Albert Heineken created a beer bottle that could also be used as a brick to build sustainable housing in impoverished countries. :beer:
18. As a rule of thumb, darker and bitter beers have higher alcohol content. :beers:
19. In the 13th century, some people in Norway would baptizetheir children with beer. :beer:
20. You can swim in pools of beer in Austria. :beers:
21. 162,719 pints of Guinness beer are wasted each year due to mustaches. :beer:
22. President Jimmy Carter signed a bill that created an exemption from taxation of beer brewed at home for personal or family use, opening the door for today's craft beer brewers. :beers:
23. In France, Germany, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands they serve beer in McDonald's. :beer:
24. Fucking Hell is a beer named after the village of Fucking in Austria. :beers:
25. There's a brewery in Germany that's almost 1,000 years old. It has been in continuous operation since the year 1040. :beer:
26. Beer and vaginas have almost the same acidity levels, with an average pH of 4.5. :beers:
27. Beer was illegal in Iceland until March 1, 1989. Now, the date is celebrated every year in Reykjavik as Bjordagur, or Beer Day. :beer:
28. Beer cans in Japan have braille on them so blind people don't confuse acoholic drinks with soft drinks. :beers:
29. Joan Evans is the only person on Earth capable of balancing 237 pints of beer atop his head. :beer:
30. Test Squadron = Best Squadron...ever
1. At any given time, 0.7% of the world is drunk. So 50 million people are drunk right now. :beer:
2. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass. :beers:
3. The world's longest hangover lasted 4 weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer. :beer:
4. The strongest beer in the world has a 67.5% alcohol content. :beers:
5. Slugs like beer.:beer:
6. Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets: 5 cans of beer for a day's work, plus €10 and tobacco. :beers:
7. Beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia until 2013. :beer:
8. Until the 1970s in Belgium, table beer was served in schools refectories.:beers:
9. At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland first prize is the wife's weight in beer. :beer:
10. There's a beer brewed from bananas in Africa. :beers:
11. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple in Thailand was constructed with 1 million bottles of Heineken and a local beer. :beer:
12. More Guinness beer is drunk in Nigeria than Ireland. :beers:
13. In the Land of the Pharaohs of Egypt, beer was the national currency. :beer:
14. In Argentina, political parties have their own brands of beer. :beers:
15. Norway's first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer. :beer:
16. When scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery gave him a perpetual supply of beer piped into his house. :beers:
17. In 1963, Albert Heineken created a beer bottle that could also be used as a brick to build sustainable housing in impoverished countries. :beer:
18. As a rule of thumb, darker and bitter beers have higher alcohol content. :beers:
19. In the 13th century, some people in Norway would baptizetheir children with beer. :beer:
20. You can swim in pools of beer in Austria. :beers:
21. 162,719 pints of Guinness beer are wasted each year due to mustaches. :beer:
22. President Jimmy Carter signed a bill that created an exemption from taxation of beer brewed at home for personal or family use, opening the door for today's craft beer brewers. :beers:
23. In France, Germany, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands they serve beer in McDonald's. :beer:
24. Fucking Hell is a beer named after the village of Fucking in Austria. :beers:
25. There's a brewery in Germany that's almost 1,000 years old. It has been in continuous operation since the year 1040. :beer:
26. Beer and vaginas have almost the same acidity levels, with an average pH of 4.5. :beers:
27. Beer was illegal in Iceland until March 1, 1989. Now, the date is celebrated every year in Reykjavik as Bjordagur, or Beer Day. :beer:
28. Beer cans in Japan have braille on them so blind people don't confuse acoholic drinks with soft drinks. :beers:
29. Joan Evans is the only person on Earth capable of balancing 237 pints of beer atop his head. :beer:
30. Test Squadron = Best Squadron...ever
