[Beverages fact 1] There was a Cola named Jolt Cola, which was launched in the 1980s as a stimulant for students and young professionals with the slogan “All the sugar, twice the caffeine.”
[Beverages fact 2] During Prohibition, many major breweries turned to sell malt extract for use in baking bread and desserts. It was also hop flavored. One city reported enough was sold each week to make 16 loaves of bread for every man, woman, and child.
[Beverages fact 3] When the University of Sheffield polled 250 children, all 250 reported that they disliked clowns as hospital decor.
[Beverages fact 4] In 1777, Frederick the Great issued an official statement urging his subjects to drink beer in the morning instead of coffee.
[Beverages fact 5] Most beers couldn’t withstand the 6 month trip from Great Britain to the British colonies in India, where the climate was too hot to brew. In response, a brewer heavily hopped and aged their beers, making them pale, and able to survive the journey. That’s how IPAs or “Indian Pale Ales” got their name.
[Beverages fact 6] A buttload is a real unit of measurement that is used for reasons that aren't always juvenile. A butt is actually a traditional unit of volume that is used for wines and other alcoholic beverages. A butt is defined to be 2 hogsheads, which in the US is 63 gallons. So a buttload is when you have a ton of booze and you don't want to count in hogsheads.
[Beverages fact 7] The Arabs discovered coffee, but were jealous of their discovery and refused to allow fertile coffee seeds to leave their country. However a 17th-century Muslim pilgrim, Baba Budan, smuggled seven seeds out of Arabia and planted them in India. It is said that all the world’s coffee came from these seven seeds.
[Beverages fact 8] During WWII, American soldiers were known as G.I. Joes. Because they drank large amounts of coffee, the drink soon earned the popular nickname “a cup of Joe.”
[Beverages fact 9] Former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke had a serious accident at the age of 17. This near-death experience acted as his catharsis, driving him to make the most of his talents and not let his abilities go to waste. Later, he set a world record by drinking 1.4 liters of beer in 11 seconds.
[Beverages fact 10] The Turks call their coffee houses “schools for the wise.”
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