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AirbreathingDragon t1_ir543xm wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:27 PM

Reply to comment by ShalmaneserIII in TIL Beer used to be banned in Iceland until 1989. March 1st is today celebrated as Beer Day in Iceland, to commemorate the day this prohibition was lifted. by KlaxonBeat

Wine got a pass because Spain, the biggest purchaser of our fish at the time, threatened to stop trading with us if we banned wine since most of it was imported from there.