Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

After the start of prohibition in 1920, Americans everywhere found ways to get around the

laws preventing them from enjoying their favorite alcoholic beverages.

They let grape juice ferment for two months until it had turned into a wine with a 12%

alcohol content.

When the government started poisoning efful alcohol so it couldn't be used to make

bootleg booze, some people hired chemists to draw the poison back out and make the alcohol

drinkable again.

When it comes to wine, beer, and all manner of adult beverages, human ingenuity cannot

be contained.

And such ingenuity had presented itself in the early 16th century as England's rapid

expansion had devastated its national forests.

Trees had been used to build ships, weapons, and fuel fires, but that seemingly endless

supply was suddenly in danger of running out.

A different kind of prohibition was about to begin, as King James I decreed in 1615

that would could only be used for what he deemed necessary.

That meant burning wood for fire, especially for the purpose of making decorative objects

such as glass, was now out of the question.

Then in 1662, Sir Christopher Merritt published a paper that copy eyes of wine drinkers all

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