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From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: June 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Fun facts about alcohol (just in case you took it too seriously):

1. There is a bar in the building that used to house the National Temperance Society.

2. "The Star Spangled Banner" was written to the tune of a drinking song.

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