US Military Tested the Effects of a Nuclear Holocaust On Beer

pigrabbitbear writes "Is bottled beer nuclear bombproof? The United States government conducted a couple tests in the 1950s to find out—it exploded nuclear bombs with 'packaged commercial beverages' deposited at varying distances from the blast center to see if beer and soda would be safe to drink afterwards. The finding? Yep, surviving bottled and canned drinks can be consumed in the event of a nuclear holocaust, without major health risks."

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Re:Aha! so that's what Indiana Jones was doing...

[cffrost]

Amen!

I figured there was a reason for keeping all those Clydesdales around besides pulling wagons. ;-)

"Ahhh, Budweiser, the beer that has real Horsepower in it!"

"[...] Although the human body maintains a mean power expenditure of some 100 watts, power excursions as high as 742 watts have been observed, chiefly drawn by the endocrine system and the smooth muscles of the stomach and esophagus, as the body's immunologic and adrenal responses take over to expel the deadly Budweiser from the patient's system. The bulk of retrograde Budweiser flow occurs via the mouth; however, the added cross-sectional area afforded by the nostrils is typically utilized, expediting removal of the vile fluid by several percentage points versus solely oral expulsions; the evolutionary advantage realized by this improvement are evident to those who've been attendant to the toll this foul poison may take on the human body and psyche."

        —"Acute Budweiser Poisoning: Bio-kinetic Response in Humans," NEJM, 1934