We all enjoy a nice cold one. Yes, that’s right, a beer!
What we do know is that beer goes down very nicely, especially after a hard day at the office.
When on holiday, it is expected that many will enjoy this alcoholic beverage either at the beach or at home. But just how much do you know about beer?
Did you know (source: www.factslides.com)?
• Light is what makes beer go bad
• Beer and marijuana are cousins – Beer’s hops are in the same family of flowering plants as marijuana
• Beer is claimed to help prevent cardiac disease and cognitive decline
• At any given time, 0.7 per cent of the world is drunk. So 50 million people are drunk right now!
• Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass!
• The world’s longest hangover lasted four weeks after a Scotsman consumed 60 pints of beer – that’s over 23 litres. Wow!
• The strongest beer in the world has a 67.5 per cent alcohol content.
• There’s a beer brewed from bananas in Africa.
• In Argentina, each political party has its own brand of beer. Wonder what the DA, ANC and EFF would prefer…?
DID YOU KNOW?
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