stackyFACTSThe father of the nation funded his post-presidential retirement by keeping everyone completely hammered. In 1799, Washington’s Mount Vernon distillery produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey, making it an incredibly lucrative operation just a few years after he violently put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
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