Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Plato was an amateur wrestler, NASCAR inspirers were amateur bootleggers, and the characters in Twin Peaks were amateur coffee addicts: 216 cups (to go with their 42 slices of pie)
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., April 4, 2008
In the 29-episode run of the TV show Twin Peaks, which premiered on April 8, 1990, the show's characters drank 216 cups of coffee and ate 42 slices of pie.
According to beer historian and author Gregg Smith, the shape and size of a glass affects the taste of beer.
The history of NASCAR is connected to Prohibition. Bootleggers had fast cars for transporting alcohol. Eventually, they began to race among themselves to see who had the fastest cars.
Plato was an amateur wrestler.
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