DID U KNOW...In 1961, business manager of Chicago’s Journeymen Plumbers Local Union, Stephen Bailey, received permission to turn the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day. Due to uncertainties about the amount of dye it would take to turn the river green, a...

DID U KNOW...Good Ole St. Patrick was not Irish! Although he made his mark by introducing Christianity to Ireland in the year 432, Patrick was actually born to Roman parents in Scotland or Wales in the late fourth century.  Stick that in your corn beef and cabbage!...

DID U KNOW...In Hollywood there's a $1000 fine for using silly string on Halloween. Because the movie Halloween (1978) was on such a tight budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find for the character Michael Meyers, which turned out to be a William...

DID U KNOW....The oldest drinkable beer in the world was found in 2010, in an early 19th-century shipwreck discovered near Finland. The beer was preserved in bottles by the cold abyss and it tasted very old (unsurprisingly), with some burnt notes and an acidic...

DID U KNOW...During the Prohibition era, the U.S. government's ban on alcohol sales did not include whiskey prescribed by a doctor and sold in pharmacies. This exemption was one of the chief reasons behind the exponential growth of the Walgreens pharmacy chain, which...

DID U KNOW...St. Patrick's Day falls during Lent, but the restriction of drinking alcohol and eating are lifted for the day. This is believed to be the reason why drinking became such a strong St. Patrick's Day tradition. NOW U KNOW     Keep in the loop with the ULM...

DID U KNOW...Not every city goes all-out in its celebratory efforts. From 1999 to 2007, the Irish village of Dripsey proudly touted that it hosted the Shortest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the World. The route ran for 26 yards between two pubs. Today, Hot Springs,...

DID U KNOW...The phrase, "Drowning The Shamrock" is from the custom of floating the shamrock on the top of whiskey before drinking it. The Irish believe that if you keep the custom, then you will have a prosperous year. NOW U KNOW   Keep in the loop with the ULM App....

The most popular theory about Valentine's Day's origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn't want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail he...

1. The tallest Easter egg chocolate was made in Italy in 2011. It stood at 10.39 meters and weighed an astounding 7,200 kg 2.The art of painting eggs is called pysanka, which originated in Ukraine. It involves using wax and dyes to color the egg. 3.The term Easter...

DID U KNOW...There are many theories as to what the No. 7 represents Here’s are a few of them: Was it simply his lucky number? Some say that Jack Daniel had seven girlfriends or the #7 train carried his barrels. Legend has it that Old No. 7 referred to Jack and his...

DID U KNOW...Roman numerals are used in the Super Bowl (such as Super Bowl XV) because the football season falls in two calendar years. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for food consumption in the U.S. Thanksgiving Day is the first. Every year there are 72...

DID U KNOW...That there are approximately 49 Million Bubbles in a 750Ml bottle of Champagne There are over 1 Billion bottles of Champagne in storage worldwide The pressure in a champagne bottle is 90 pounds per square inch, that is three times the pressure in...

DID U KNOW... The most expensive bottle of Champagne Costs over $2 MILLION! Designer Alexander Amosu teamed up with Swarovski to create the world’s most expensive bottle of bubbly for a “unnamed” private client. Handcrafted from 18-carat solid gold and with a...

DID U KNOW... That Marilyn Monroe, at least once, took a bath in Champagne. According to her biographer, 350 bottles of Champers were used to fill up her bath tub. NOW U KNOW...

Did U Know...In order to determine whether their rum had been watered down more than it should be, sailors would occasionally mix gunpowder with their liquor and attempt to light it on fire. If the mix refused to flame up, they knew it had been watered down too much....

DID U KNOW...Famous explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus traveled with a large amount of sherry on board their ships during their historic journeys. In fact, Magellan reportedly spent more on sherry than he spent on weapons for his 1519 trip around...

DID U KNOW...Discovery of late Stone Age jugs suggest that intentionally fermented beverages existed at least as early as the Neolithic period (about 10,000 BC). So this means we've been drinking since the beginning of time! NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW...Labor Day in Canada began in1872 .The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.In the late 1800s the...

DID U KNOW...In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk. NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW...You can have a bottle of the world´s most expensive vodka for just mere 3.75 million dollars. “The Billionare Vodka“ is first ice-filtered, then filtered through Nordic birch charcoal and lastly passed through sand made from crushed diamonds and gems. It...

DID U KNOW...Paul Domenech, 34, was arrested for drunk driving, but was found innocent of the charge when he proved before a jury in Tampa, Florida, that the alcohol officers had smelled on his breath was from the mixture of rubbing alcohol and gasoline that he had...

1) Jefferson's original draft of the declaration of independence was lost and the one eventually signed is the "engrossed" document 2) According to author Kenneth C. Davis, July 2nd is the real day of Independence, but it's celebrated on the fourth because that's when...

DID U KNOW....What country drinks the most alcohol? The dubious honor goes to South Korea, who, according to a 2011 World Health Organization study, drinks more hard spirits than anywhere else — and is where Jinro soju comes from, the best-selling spirit on the...

DID U KNOW...Each year, about 120,000 mint juleps are consumed at Churchill Downs. The official drink of the Derby is traditionally made with Kentucky bourbon, simple syrup, crushed ice, powered sugar and mint. There have been 19 winning horses in the Kentucky Derby...

DID U KNOW...Literally "the Fifth of May," Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican Holiday celebrating the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862. In 1861, France sent a massive army to invade Mexico, as they wanted to collect on some war debts. The French army was much...

DID U KNOW...It is estimated that the federal government takes in 14 times more in taxes on distilled spirits than producers of the products earn making them. That does not include what states and localities additionally take in taxes on the same products. NOW U KNOW

DID I KNOW...ANDREW Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels, most of which were fought to defend the honor of his wife, Rachel. He was shot in the chest in a duel in 1806 and took a bullet in the arm in a bar fight with Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton in 1813....

DID U KNOW..In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six gun cost 12 cents, so did a shot of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink. This became known as a "SHOT" of whiskey. Know U Know

DID U KNOW...Why we have leap years? The earth revolves around the sun every 365 days and six hours, which means we accumulate an extra day every four years. If we didn't add that day to our calendars, they'd get out of whack with the seasons, and at some point we'd...

DID U KNOW...One of the things that you can tell by looking at the color of the wine, is the region and climate where the grape vine is located. Darker shades of wine, namely the darkest reds and yellow whites come from warm climates. Lighter colors come from cooler...

DID U KNOW...Jan 25th is the anniversary of Al Capone's death. Here are some interesting facts about his car: The 1928 Cadillac V-8 Town Sedan armor plated car had 3,000lbs of steel armor fitted and a bulletproof gas tank The car was green with black fenders (same...

DID U KNOW...Frederick the Great of Prussia tried to ban the consumption of coffee and demanded that the populace drink alcohol instead. NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW....Breweries  are constantly trying to invent innovative ideas. Sometimes, however, breweries take this a little too far. In Cambodia, for example, a popular beer is a Tarantula Brandy, containing rice liquor and “flavored” with dead tarantulas! NOW U...

DID U KNOW...Frank Sinatra  who turns 100 years old today,was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels in his coffin! NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW...Prohibition clearly benefited some people. Notorious bootlegger Al Capone made $60,000,000...that's sixty million dollars...per year (untaxed!) while the average industrial worker earned less than $1,000 per year.  But not everyone benefited. By the time...

DID U KNOW...TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some...

DID U KNOW... Even though prohibition ended in 1933,one state didn’t end its version of Prohibition until 1966. Mississippi decided to keep its Prohibition laws for another three decades. As of 2004, half of Mississippi’s counties were dry. Currently, 17 states don’t...

DID U KNOW..The Chinese drank their way to a record 155 million 9-litre cases of red wine in 2013, thereby surpassing the French whose consumption decreased by 18 % to 150 million cases. The increasing popularity of red wine in China is largely due to the fact that...

DID U KNOW..... To cure hangovers, the ancient Greek ate cabbages while  ancient Romans ate fried canaries. Makes you wonder how they fried canaries in the old days. NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW.... One of Ernest Hemingway’s favorite drinks, the Mojito was born out of the necessity to mask the taste of rotgut rum. The story goes that Cuban farmers would add lime, sugarcane juice, and a whole lot of mint to the cheap booze to create what is now...

DID U KNOW... Wine does not affect your waistline at all. In fact recent studies showed that “women who routinely drank moderate amounts of alcohol, totaling about one drink per day, carried almost 10 pounds less body fat than women who did not drink at all”. Experts...

DID U KNOW... There are many theories as to what the No. 7 represents on Jack Daniels Bottles. Here’s is another: Jack Daniels and his six friends invented the No7 whiskey; therefore, No. 7 stands as a tribute to his friends. NOW U KNOW

DID U KNOW...During the mid-1800s, British citizens and soldiers in India needed a way to protect themselves from malaria. It was discovered that cinchona bark, which produced quinine that could prevent and treat malaria, was the answer. By the 1840s, Slate reports,...

DID U KNOW...Oktoberfest is a style of lager that dates back to 16th century Bavaria. It's also called “Märzen” (German for “March”) because of the old brew cycle, which involved making the beer in spring and storing it until fall.  6 Million people attend Oktoberfest...

DID U KNOW...An ancient civilization that did not like wine was Egypt. The old kings avoided wine from the belief that the red alcoholic beverage is actually the blood of men who tried to fight the gods and failed. This is why, according to the egyptians, what makes...

DID U KNOW...It is supposed that wine originally fermented by mistake. Native yeasts accidentally came in contact with grapes stored in containers, turning the sugars in the grapes into alcohol. The rest is history. NOW U KNOW