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1. Americans know the English city of Newcastle for its brown ale, but in England it is better known as a mining town rich in this combustible mineral.

2. Shipments of this beer to the United States were temporarily suspended in 1989 after it was discovered that crates were being used to smuggle cannabis.

3. The most recent recession put a divot in the overall sale of beer, but thanks to a most interesting ad campaign this company saw an increase of 22 percent.

4. This celestial entity is the sun’s version of an atmosphere, and is typically only seen during a solar eclipse or perhaps while enjoying a bottle of America’s biggest selling imported beer.

5. It is little wonder that famed microbiologist Louie Pasteur was a direct influence on Heineken’s unchanged recipe, considering its key ingredient is this living fermentation agent.

6. If while drinking a pint of pale Irish lager, a person broke out this stringed instrument, one that predates Moses and has strings that run perpendicular to the soundboard, what kind of instrument would that person be rocking?

7. Not only has this British actor been knighted, he was nominated for numerous Academy Awards and won one for his role in “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”

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