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ADMdo [TIL] The drink Eggsy orders in the Kingsman: Secret Service, "gin martini stirred for 10 seconds while staring at an unopened bottle of vermouth", is a real drink called the Churchill Martini!
0w44j TIL In 1723 the death rate in London outstripped the birth rate and it remained higher for the next decade. Gin was to blame. Women addicted to Gin neglected their infants or quietened them with Gin.The term 'Mothers Ruin' survives to this day
KO96E TIL Ian Fleming was told by his doctor that gin was damaging to his health (Fleming loved gin so much he would drink a pint every day). The doctor then suggested something relatively less damaging to Fleming's health: bourbon.