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Photos: 25 Drunkest Countries
This list of countries that consume the most alcohol per capita in an average year includes beer, wine and spirits. Based on a 2011 report by the World Health Organization surveying citizen over the age of 15.
Click through to see the whole photoset (the one for the Czech Republic is interesting).
- 25. Latvia - 3.30 gal/person
- 24. Finland - 3.31 gal/person
- 23. Germany - 3.38 gal/person
- 22. Luxembourg - 3.44 gal/person
- 21. Austria - 3.50 gal/person
- 20. Netherlands - 3.50 gal/person
- 19. Slovakia - 3.52 gal/person
- 18. Denmark - 3.53 gal/person
- 17. United Kingdom - 3.53 gal/person
- 16. France - 3.61 gal/person
- 15. Ireland - 3.81 gal/person
- 14. Portugal - 3.84 gal/person
- 13. South Korea - 3.91 gal/person
- 12. Lithuania - 3.97 gal/person
- 11. Croatia - 3.99 gal/person
- 10. Belarus - 4.00 gal/person
- 9. Slovenia - 4.01 gal/person
- 8. Romania - 4.04 gal/person
- 7. Andorra - 4.09 gal/person
- 6. Estonia - 4.11 gal/person
- 5. Ukraine - 4.12 gal/person
- 4. Russia - 4.16 gal/person
- 3. Hungary - 4.30 gal/person
- 2. Czech Republic - 4.35 gal/person (LakeBandit is making her contributions :))
- 1. Moldova - 4.81 gal/person
Where is the United States? At number 56 with 2.49 gal/person.
(via Drunkest Countries: Photos of the Countries that Consume the Most Alcohol - chicagotribune.com)
The UK’s is only that high because of Glasgow.
This photo released by the European Southern Observatory shows the unusual galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) on an image taken by a telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this spectacular object ever created. Photograph: ESO/AFP/Getty Images
(Source: Guardian)
Brighton loves MCA.
(artist: Aroe)
Brilliant!