Fun Facts About Beer
How much do you know about beer and its history? Factslides.com put out a list called “Beer Facts: 14 Facts About Beer.” Here are a few of my favorites from their list:
*A Beer Wave of 388,000 gallons of beer flooded London in 1814 after a huge vat ruptured.
*George Washington had his own brewhouse on the grounds of Mount Vernon.
*Egyptian pyramid workers were paid with beer. A gallon per day.
*The oldest known recipe for beer is over 4,000 years old, made by Sumerians.
*In the Middle Ages, beer was consumed more than water as the alcohol made is safer.
*The world’s longest hangover lasted 4 weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer.
*At any given time, 0.7% of the world is drunk. So 50 million people are drunk right now.
*Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.
*Light is what makes beer go bad.
*Beer is claimed to help prevent cardiac disease and cognitive decline.