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  2. Gin - Wikipedia

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    Gin (/ dʒ ɪ n /) is a distilled alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries and other botanical ingredients. [1] [2]Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe.

  3. South Side (cocktail) - Wikipedia

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    The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side. [2] The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale. [2] However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. [2]

  4. History of alcoholic drinks - Wikipedia

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    The Zunis made fermented beverages from aloe, maguey, corn, prickly pear, pitaya and grapes. [50] The Creek of Georgia and Cherokee of the Carolinas used berries and other fruits to make alcoholic beverages. [51] The Huron made a mild beer by soaking corn in water to produce a fermented gruel to be consumed at tribal feasts. [49]

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Commercial popcorn machines are usually found in movie theaters and carnivals, producing popcorn of the oil-popped type, which has approximately 45% of its calories derived from fat. The first commercial popcorn machine was invented by Chicago resident Charles Cretors in 1885. His business that he founded, C. Cretors & Company, still to this ...

  6. Robert S. Munger - Wikipedia

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    Robert Sylvester Munger (July 24, 1854 – April 20, 1923) and his wife Mary Collett Munger (1857–1924) invented the "system cotton gin". After that achievement, Munger started and ran some of the largest gin manufacturing companies in the United States.

  7. Fizz (cocktail) - Wikipedia

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    A gin fizz contains gin, lemon juice, and sugar, which are shaken with ice, poured into a tumbler and topped with carbonated water. [2] The drink is similar to a Tom Collins , with a possible distinction being a Tom Collins historically used " Old Tom gin " (a slightly sweeter precursor to London Dry Gin ), whereas the kind of gin historically ...

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  9. Eli Whitney - Wikipedia

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    Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.