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Drinking Has Always Been Fun

Cockspur Rum, Courtesy Churchill Cellars Courtesy of my sister, some fun facts (one assumes) about drinking in history. I knew that Manhattan came from the native word Manahatta, but I didn't know that came from the original Manahachtanienk -- literally, "The High Island," and that's not because of the elevation.

Posted by Chris on October 27, 03:30 PM in Food, History, Random | Comments (1)

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hilarious!

Posted by: spike | October 28, 2007 09:17 PM

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