Wednesday, January 11, 2012

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Alcohol | Drugs & Addiction | DISCOVER Magazine

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Alcohol


The seeds Johnny Appleseed sold to farmers throughout Ohio and Indiana produced apples that were inedible, but perfect for making hard cider.

A lean, muscular person will be less affected by drink than someone with more body fat: Water-rich muscle tissues absorb alcohol effectively, preventing it from reaching the brain.

In 1895 Anheuser-Busch launched Malt-Nutrine, a 1.9 percent-alcohol-content beer prescribed by physicians as a tonic for pregnant women and a nutritional beverage for children.

Astronomers found vast quantities of ethanol—as much as that in 400 trillion trillion beers—
in G34.3, an interstellar cloud some 10,000 light-years from Earth.

In space, no one can hear you burp.

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