Today I Found Out

Why Do We Toast Drinks? (2015x45)

Fecha de emisión: Jun 22, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwe’’re drinking with wouldn’t poison you as they’d then be poisoning themselves. As interesting as this historical rumour is, not surprisingly, there is not a single shred of evidence backing up this conjecture. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/05/the-origin-of-toasting-drinks/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.janeausten.co.uk/heres-to-you-a-history-of-the-toast/ http://www.toastsbook.com/history.shtml http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=cheer+up http://www.snopes.com/food/rituals/clink.asphttp://www.snopes.com/food/rituals/clink.asp http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=merrywives&Act=3&Scene=5&Scope=scene http://www.calodges.org/ecrl/toast.html http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/augustus-index.html Image Credit (Thank you) http://boivieapedia.pbworks.com/f/1236228754/ancient-greece-clothing-1.jpg http://www.parramattatm.org.au/images/Parramatta_Brand2Asmall.jpg http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/3047.jpg?v=1431032652 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/William_Shakespeare_1609.jpg