10 Interesting Facts about Wine and Beer

Bangalore: There are many terms attributed to wine and beer and people term them delicious, exotic, addictive, evil, at times holy etc. These different brands also represent their locations and it’s an undisputable fact that the invention of beer and wine can be called one of the most beloved of all human inventions. There are many things to know about them and below are 10 interesting facts about beer and wine as listed in listverse.com.

1. Beer Saved the World

Weird but an hour-long documentary titled “How Beer Saved the World,” by Discovery Channel says beer has a lot to do with the existence of the world today. It says Beer was responsible for the birth and thereafter the development of human civilization, and terms beer the “greatest invention of all.” The findings outline how the agricultural revolution began at the initial stage from the need to make beer which ultimately resulted in many inventions like the wheel, plow, and irrigation. Many cities were newly built to meet the increasing demand for beer as more and more people developed a craving for beer. The documentary also claims that lesser-known inventions like math and written language are also connected with beer as farmers had to master math because their fields grew and needed to be quantified and language as it was necessary to keep records of the expanding beer trade.