An Olympic-sized swimming pool holds 660,253 gallons, equivalent to over 42,600 kegs of beer. Americans consumed enough beer on Super Bowl Sunday 2011 to fill 493 Olympic-sized pools and nearly 800 on St. Patrick’s Day. The Czech Republic has the highest per capita consumption, while China drinks the most beer annually. The agricultural revolution is believed to have started due to the need to farm more barley for brewing beer.
An Olympic-size swimming pool holds approximately 660,253 gallons (about 2.5 million liters), which is roughly equivalent to seven million cans of beer. A keg of beer generally holds about 15.5 gallons (58.67 liters) or about 165 cans of beer. An Olympic-sized swimming pool could hold more than 42,600 kegs of beer. The amount of beer consumed by Americans on Super Bowl Sunday in 2011 would fill approximately 493 Olympic-sized swimming pools. It would take nearly 800 Olympic-sized swimming pools to hold all the beer Americans consumed on St. Patrick’s Day in 2011.
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The Czech Republic has the highest annual per capita consumption of beer, about 41.7 gallons (158.6 liters) in 2011. China drinks more beer than any other country, about 13 billion gallons (50 billion liters) per year.
Approximately 36% of all alcoholic beverages consumed worldwide are beer.
The agricultural revolution is thought to have started because people needed a way to farm more barely to brew more beer. This is believed to have led to the development of ploughs, wheels and irrigation.
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