How Did the Eggnog Riot Work?
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Why You Shouldn't Drink Alcohol
On Christmas Eve of 1826, at least 70 West Point Cadets got rip-roaring drunk on prohibitively alcoholic eggnog. They broke windows through furniture, shattered plates, and tore banisters from stairways. Alcohol was strictly forbidden at West Point in the early 1820s. How Stuff Works spoke with Cyrus Roper's of Arousing Appetites about how eggnog came about.
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