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Subject: Alcohol
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:05:48 EDT

ALCOHOL TRIVIA
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Abraham Lincoln observed that "It has long been recognized
that the problems with alcohol elate not to the use of a
bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing."
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Chicha, an alcohol beverage which has been made for
thousands of years in Central and South America, begins
with people chewing grain and spitting into a vat. An enzyme
in saliva changes starch in the grain to sugar, which then
ferments.
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The U.S. has the strictest youth drinking laws in Western
civilization.
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high school cafeterias in Europe serve alcohol to
their students who choose to drink.
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Early recipes for beer included such ingredients as poppy
seeds, mushrooms, aromatics, honey, sugar, bay leaves,
butter and bread crumbs.
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While in some countries the penalty for driving while
intoxicated can be death (yes, death), in Uruguay
intoxication is a legal excuse for having an accident
while driving. "Please believe me officer, I really was
drunk."
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The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas
because it contains a recipe for making beer that can be
used at home.

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