15 things about vodka you need to know on Friday Night

Vodka is a popular strong alcoholic drink. It is obtained by mixing ethyl alcohol from organic raw materials with water; then the solution is treated with activated carbon and filtered. Vodka is served as an independent drink, and as an ingredient in a cocktail. However, do not forget that its regular use leads to alcoholism. Be careful and have a nice weekend!

1. One liter of vodka weighs 953 grams. (Kevin Harber/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

2. National Vodka Day is celebrated annually on October 4 in the USA. The holiday was established in 2009.

3. During the reign of Catherine the Great, vodka was considered the most elite drink.

4. Before serving, the vodka is cooled to 8-10 degrees Celsius. If you cool it down more, the low temperature will hide the taste of vodka. Therefore, a low-quality drink is often served very cold.

5. Contrary to popular belief, vodka deteriorates after a long period of time. Ideally, the drink should be consumed within 12 months from the date of manufacture.

6. In Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the USA and a number of other countries, vodka with 40% alcohol is popular, and sometimes more.

7. In order not to get very drunk on the holiday, you need to drink 50 grams of vodka two or three hours before the feast.

8. On January 31, 1865, Dmitry Mendeleev defended his doctoral dissertation "On the combination of alcohol with water". This event is considered the birthday of classic Russian vodka.

9. 100 grams of vodka contains 235 calories.

10. Vodka is the cleanest drink in the world because it contains less fusel oils compared to other alcohol.

11. Until 1885, vodka was sold only in 12.3-liter buckets and was very popular at the same time.

12. To get drunk to death, it is enough to drink a liter of vodka in 5-10 minutes.

13. The yield from the sale of vodka is comparable to the income from the sale of oil and gas. It so happened that vodka revenues amounted to 1/3 of the Russian treasury.

14. From 1977 to 1982, they argued in court about the priority of vodka production as a Russian national drink. The Soviet Union won this case by an international arbitration decision.

15. Museums dedicated to vodka can be visited in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Malinovka, Upper Mandrogi.