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here are some facts about beer... let's call them factoids as I have not checked them against more than one source...

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2800 BC is the first recorded record of a drunk driving fatality. In ancient Egypt, an inebriated charioter was apprehended after running down a vestal virgin of the goddess Hathor. The culprit was crucified on the door of the tavern that sold him the beer, and his corpse allowed to hang there until scavengers reduced it to bones

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

An Epgytian text of 1600 BC gives 100 medical prescriptions using beer.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

An Epgytian text of 1600 BC gives 100 medical prescriptions using beer.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

A few years ago, the New Castle Brewery in England brewed 1000 bottles of Tutankhamun Ale from a 3200 year old recipe found in the sun temple of Queen Neferti.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

Stiegl beer ( a beer from Slazburg, Austria) was first made in 1492, the same year Columbus discovered America.

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

In 1516, William IV of Bavaria decreed that only four ingrediants could be used for brewing beer: water, malted barley, hops and yeast. It became law. This was known as the "Pledge of Purity" or "Reinheisgebot".

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

The lease for a one acre plot of land signed by Arthur Guinness in 1759 expires in the year 10759.

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

The red triangle that is the Bass Brewery logo was designed in 1777 and is the worlds oldest international trademark.

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

In 1788, Ale was proclaimed "the proper drink for Americans" at a parade in New York City.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

In 1790 George Hodgson of the Bow Brewery in East London formulates a beer that will survive the five-to-six month sea journey to India. He brews a pale ale with a higher amount of malt, hops it twice the normal rate, and then adds a healthy dose of priming sugar to keep the yeast in a feeding frenzy. Thus is born the style "India Pale Ale or PIA".

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

The oldest operating brewery in the United States, D.G. Yuengling & Sons of Pottsville, PA, has been owned and operated by the Yuengling family since 1829.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

In 1896, Helmut Keineger, a Bavarian brewer, commited suicide in a Munich jail cell. His crime: placing chemicals in his beer that ran contrary to the Reinheitsgebot purity law of 1516.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

In the '30's there was a brewers strike. All the brewers refused to work. Back then sales were centered around your brewery and you had to keep all the local pubs and bars stocked. A certain St. Louis brewery was worried about losing customers so they put the assisstant brewers in charge. Back then assisstants were nothing more than glorified peons and really knew little of making beer. They would make a batch and it would be bad so they would dump it and try again. they dumped so many batches that the gutter ran with beer. They finally came up with a recipe that was usable and it was shipped out to the local pubs. It had come to be known by the locals as 'gutter beer'. When the strike ended, the owners did not want to throw out all the barrels of the remaining beer as it had already cost them too much with the lost batches. So they figured that if they gave it a good name and marketed right they could sell it. Today it is known as Michelob.


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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

The first beer cans were produced in 1935.

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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White