World Cocktail Day: Interesting facts about cocktails no one told you!

The word cocktail became popular in the 18th century. To cock a horse’s tail and make it look more energetic for the show, the horse dealer would give it a ginger concoction. Later adding spices like ginger or black pepper to gin, wine or beer came to be called cocktails! Ever since, cocktails have been an irreplaceable part of the spirit world. Celebrations are incomplete without them. Here are some interesting facts about cocktails.

The Ancient Romans used to put a piece of toast into their wine for good health. This led to the origin of the term ''to raise a toast."

There is a weird law in Texas, USA that forbids people from having more than three sips of beer in a row- during the Memorial Day weekend.

Giuseppe Cipriani who invented Saint Bellini thought that the pink drink looked like a saint’s toga in a painting by Giovanni Bellini, hence the name!

Puerto Rico’s national drink is Pina Colada!

There are nearly 49,000,000 bubbles in every bottle of champagne and each bottle has three times more pressure than a car tire!

The cartoon “Tom and Jerry” is named after a Christmas cocktail invented in the 1820s.