Vodka is one of the most popular drinks in the world, and many people love to drink it. But how many things do we know about it?
Well, if you are asking is, we think not so much. So, here is a list with some fun facts and trivia about vodka.
- If you or your pet has accidentally consumed antifreeze, vodka can be used as an antidote.
- A theme park in Lithuania recreates life as a USSR citizen. Visitors have their belongings confiscated, wear gas masks, experience interrogation, and must learn the Soviet anthem. Their reward is a shot of vodka.
- 25% of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-50s, mainly due to vodka.
- Russia banned the sale of vodka during WWI. The government immediately lost a third of its income.
- Georgy Zhukov, Marshall of the Soviet Union, loved Coca-Cola but didn’t want to be seen drinking a symbol of American imperialism. Through Harry S. Truman, he had a chemist make a colorless version that looked like vodka.
- Vodka was originally invented in Poland.
- It was produced in the 8th century.
- One century later Russia created its own vodka as well.
- The world’s hottest vodka at 250,000 Scoville is so hot the manufacturers put a lead seal on the bottle that has to be cut with a wire cutter, and they insist on their website you don’t buy it.
- 8. In the Czech Republic, you spank unmarried women on easter as a tradition. Young men go from house to house, and as a thank you they get a shot of Vodka from the girl’s father. –
- 9. The managing editor of Huffington Post Canada shoved vodka-soaked tampons up her vagina to kill the urban legend only to be greeted by a comment telling her she used the wrong hole, nullifying her findings.
- Vodka and Citrus sodas keep cut flowers fresh.
- Saying “What can I do?” with a Russian accent actually means “I’ll find vodka” in Russian.
- The Soviet cosmonauts celebrated the moon landing in 1969 “with joy and vodka”.
- The Soviet government advised those working on the Chernobyl disaster to drink half a glass of vodka for every two hours in Chernobyl. The radiation was supposed to accumulate in the thyroid glands and the vodka was thought to help clean out the radiation.
- Sprite was originally introduced as a mixer for whiskey and vodka.
- Many American vodkas really are the same. They’re produced by a handful of commodity giants and sold to brands for dilution, filtering, and packaging. One distillery fills 3 separate brand partner bottles with the same potato vodka.
- Drinking vodka or any other form of liquor will actually ease the pain of a hot pepper.
- Dmitri Mendeleev, the creator of the Periodic Table, also created the Russian standard for vodka.
- Russians squatting, wearing track pants, and drinking vodka is part of what is known as “Gopnik” culture.
- Dan Akroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka was in development at the same time as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Aykroyd arranged to meet with Spielberg to discuss resolving the conflict. Spielberg suggested that he would have liked Crystal Head Vodka to be served at the premiere.
- In 1990 America traded Pepsi to Russia for vodka and warships.
- Smirnoff was the hands-down favorite at a New York Times Vodka tasting, beating out Grey Goose and CÎroc despite being one of the most affordable vodkas on the market.
- In Russia, the Russian word for vodka is in the top 1000 most used words. (#945).
- Bruce Willis is part owner of Poland’s top-selling vodka brand, Sobieski
- Contrary to popular belief, today, most vodka is made from fermented grains such as sorghum, corn, rice, rye, or wheat, though you can also use potatoes, fruits or even just sugar.
- The most expensive vodka in the world, Billionaire Vodka, sells for $3.7m and is hand-delivered by a concierge who will serve you 24/7 for the next year.
- Τhe Russians partied so hard once WWII ended, that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka.
- Guns N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan at his worst was drinking “a gallon of vodka a day” and then 10 bottles of wine a day. –
- Absinthe, the Green Fairy, was invented by the Swiss in the 19th century. Though it contains wormwood, it’s no more hallucinogenic than vodka or whiskey.
- Ukraine zoos force-fed their bears vodka and had alcoholic drunk bears.
- Psy, the creator of “Gangnam Style” is a heavy drinker, calling vodka his “best friend”.
- He quoted, “If I’m happy, I’m drinking, if I’m sad, I’m drinking. If it’s raining, I’m drinking, if it’s sunny, I’m drinking”.
- There’s a Museum of Vodka in Russia.
- In Russia, in times of economic disparity or high inflation, teachers can be paid in Vodka.
- The drink name “screwdriver” came from engineers mixing vodka into cans of orange juice using screwdrivers.
- Cheap vodka can be filtered with a water filter to taste like a top-shelf vodka.
- Vodka is basically ethanol with water in it.
- The word is derived from “voda,” or Russian for “water.”
- The ATF stopped the sale of ‘Black Death’ Vodka because: “the brand seems to promise poison and plague but delivers only vodka.
- John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin died after drinking 40 shots of Vodka in a single day. He started the day with 4 quadruple vodkas for breakfast.
- Vodka is proven effective at disinfecting a toothache and preventing poison ivy.
- Vodka can be made out of potatoes.
- You can create a DIY aftershave with vodka.
- Vodka is a heavy drinker, but it is considered as the lady’s drink.
- The reason why vodka is generally considered a woman’s drink is probably the sweet and sugary beverages they choose to mix them with
- Vodka is gluten-free.
- The density of water is 1.00g/ml and ethanol 0.79g/ml, so vodka is kinda lighter than water.
- Vodka has an expiration date.
- Don’t fool yourself: Gin is not a kind of beverage. It is actually flavored vodka.
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