2. You can pair vodka with almost any flavor mixer – bitter, sweet, sour – it’ll still taste like the mixer because vodka is essentially a blank canvas of drinks.
3. Russia apparently banned the sale of vodka during World War I and, seeing as Russians love their vodka, the government, lost 1/3 of its income. Talk about taking a hit.
4. Vodka was used a lot throughout history as a medical cure for certain things, such as toothaches, infertility and the plague.