One of the most famous parties ever happened two days before the founding fathers of the U.S.A. signed the Constitution. The paper itself took five months to write, so when it was complete, the fathers were ready to unwind. Between 56 people, they drank 55 bottles of Madeira wine, 60 bottles of Claret wine, eight bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of porter, eight of cider, 12 of beer and seven bowls of strong punch. That’s more alcohol consumption per person than science tells us a human being is capable of surviving.
Toasting is a classic party tradition, and different cultures have their own unique way of expressing good will before taking a drink. In Germany, if you clink glasses without making eye contact, then both drinkers get seven years of bad luck! In Japan, the more senior of two drinkers will always touch glasses above the rim of the other’s glass as a display of rank. Cheers!
Bachelor parties, or “stag-dos” as they’re known in the UK, are a partying tradition in which grooms-to-be will celebrate with their friends before a wedding ceremony. This tradition can be traced back to ancient Sparta, when soldiers would hold dinner parties in honor of the groom’s last night as a single man.
Woodstock is renowned for being one of the greatest music festivals in rock history. The organizers played down the original ticket numbers to the authorities, telling them that 50,000 tickets had been sold. The actual number of tickets was 186,000, with the expectation that another 20,000 people would show up without tickets. When the day finally arrived, 500,000 came to see the show, with another million people unable to get to the site because of traffic.