Today I Found Out
Why Do We Toast Drinks? (2015x45)
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→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.
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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)
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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