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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."

* 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.

* The U.S. has the strictest youth drinking laws in Western
civilization.

* Many high school cafeterias in Europe serve alcohol to
their students who choose to drink.

* Early recipes for beer included such ingredients as poppy
seeds, mushrooms, aromatics, honey, sugar, bay leaves,
butter and bread crumbs.

* 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."

* 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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