stackyFACTSForget municipal water, the true marker of an advanced civilization is subterranean alcohol transport. To stop heavy delivery trucks from ruining cobblestone streets, a Belgian brewery laid miles of underground pipes to pump thousands of gallons of booze directly to their bottling plant.
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