1751, also the shortest year in British history, was when the government restricted the alcohol content of gin. Previously it had been in the range of 80% to 90% alcohol. Over the following few years there was a huge rise in the birthrate, and a reduction in deaths through alcohol poisoning!
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:00 pm (UTC)W