In the UK, the Madhouses Act of 1774 restricted property owners to one “lunatic” per residence. You had to apply for a licence if you wanted to start a collection.
Canned fruit juices can contain four squashed maggots per litre before they are obliged to add the word maggot onto the ingredients list.
Can’t remember which Eastern European country, might have been Hungary, where one of their government ministers said beer was what they drank when they wanted to sober up.
There are periodic moves in Belgium to bring back the beer with school dinners they used to provide before fizzy pop became popular. It's up to one and a half percent, and the argument is that it's healthier than fizz.
France was a good place to be at school. Until 1981 anyway.https://theculturetrip.com/europe/f...lchildren-used-to-drink-wine-between-lessons/
