1. The word brandy literally means “burnt wine” – having been derived from the Dutch word “brandewijn”

2.There are 13 minerals that are essential for human life, and supposedly all of them can be found in alcohol.

3. Even before we starting finding a worm in the bottom of our tequila bottles, it was tradition for a Gusano butterfyl caterpillar to be placed at the bottom of every bottle of Mezcal.

4. An average bottle of Champagne contains approximately 49 million bubbles.

5. Drinking a glass of milk can cause a person to blow a .02 on a breathalyzer test, and that is enough to cause legal issues in some American states.

6. In order to make a bottle of wine, you will need to have approximately 600 grapes.

7. McDonalds in many parts of Europe has alcohol on its menu,  but not in the US – which has some of the strictest drinking laws in the Western World.

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