Halloween is coming up tomorrow and all around the world people will seize this celebration as an opportunity to dress up, get drunk and act silly. But what few people know is that the one of Halloween’s most famous traditions also originates from a mythical drunkard. This is the story of the jack-o’-lantern, the carved…
With the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new inventions followed each other rapidly. Golden times for the brilliant minds. And when it came to brilliance, few in the last two centuries could compete with Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). As an engineer he invented and developed a large scale of electric devices.…
Catchy header ey? Must have been made up by a man who was searching for a new way to excuse his alcohol intake to his wife, right? Wrong! This is one of the main conclusions from Dr. Kat van Kirk’s new book The Married Sex Solution: A Realistic Guide to Saving Your Sex Life. In…
We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. In this article we take a look at the country where coffee, for many people THE hangover…
A Sun Express flight between the Irish capital Dublin and Izmir in Turkey had to make an extra stop in Belgrade (Serbia) because of a drunken passenger. This Irishman stripped down to the flesh and while waving his penis at a stewardess, he asked if she wanted to have sex with him. The airplane hostess…
Few others deserve the description bohemian more than Václav Havel (1936-2011). Not only was this former dissident from Czechoslovakia born in Prague, traditional capital of the region Bohemia, he also knew how to live life. Labeled by political opponents as an uncontrolable drunkard, cherished by friends who say Havel just loved drinking and women. This bohemian lifestyle did…
The list of the New 7 Wonders of the World may contain breathtaking manmade structures like the Chinese Wall, the Colosseum and Machu Pichu but for the real wine lover the list is incomplete without Milestii Mici. Under the Moldovan ground corridors with a total length of 55 kilometers form the largest wine cellar in…
If you’re into sports, you probably know about the biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. But have you heard about the Beer Mile? It’s an upcoming sport that involves both running and chugging beers. In other words: a discipline for true sportsmen. Last week the world record was broken twice in 24 hours,…
As this is our 500th post on Lords of the Drinks, we wanted to do a special story. And what better than the great legend of Gambrinus, the King of Beer. You might have seen him before, as he is the fine gentleman you see in the LOTD-logo. This mythical figure was known from folklore tales…
If the Historical Drunkards section has taught us anything it must be that many influential people in the past were quite fond of alcoholic beverages. Things weren’t different in 8th century China during the Tang Dynasty. In fact the eight most brilliant minds of this immense country were quite the wine enthousiasts. The alcohol consumption…
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