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Nobel Prize Winner Got Free House and Free (as In Beer) Beer

Posted by timothy on from the fringe-benefits-include-slurred-speech dept.

slashchuck writes "Niels Bohr is one of the greatest scientists who ever lived and a favorite of his fellow Danes when he lived in Copenhagen. Apparently, after he won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery gave him a gift – a house located next to the brewery. And the best perk of the house? It had a direct pipeline to the brewery so that Bohr had free beer on tap whenever he wanted."

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  1. Blogspam by The_mad_linguist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So the blog cites as a source, another blog. If you look in the comments for that blog, the author says you should google it, and links to a reddit page. That, in turn, links to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJnQIjELY4#t=2m55s

    It's a nice story, but I'd like to actually hear it from someone who can actually supply details. Bohr's got a lot of cool stuff - like how his lab was used to hide smuggled Nobel medals from the Nazis (by dissolving them: http://www.archive.org/stream/adventuresinradi01heve#page/27/mode/1up ).

    I'm sure there's more to the story than just 'he had free beer on tap'.

  2. Re:Who is writing these headlines? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why do you preface that with "to be honest"? Are you trying to imply that the rest of the time you're lying?

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