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  • Useless Fact #400

    The iconic X’s on the side of moonshine containers indicated how many times it was distilled. Three X’s meant it was run through the still 3 times.

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  • Useless Fact #371

    A ‘buttload’ is a unit of measurement for alcoholic beverages at 126 gallons. 1 butt is 2 hogsheads

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  • Useless Fact #321

    Moonshiners used to wear cow shoes that left hoof prints instead of shoeprints to evade police.

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  • Useless Fact #315

    Mountain Dew is also slang for ‘moonshine’

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  • Useless Fact #257

    An article in the medical journal ‘Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology’, suggests red wine blocks the cancer-causing effects of alcohol.

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  • Useless Fact #255

    You don’t digest alcohol. It’s absorbed and goes straight into the bloodstream.

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  • Useless Fact #241

    An old Scottish law states Scots cannot wear underwear under their kilts. The penalty is a fine of two beers.

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  • Useless Fact #236

    Kentucky has more barrels of bourbon than people

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  • Useless Fact #186

    In the last days of his life, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded whiskey

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  • Useless Fact #156

    Jack Daniel's trucks are unmarked in fear they might be hijacked

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  • Useless Fact #149

    It takes about 700 grapes to make 1 bottle of wine

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