In Poland, people drank around 2 million liters of cider, which added up to about 1% of the countries annual alcohol sales.
John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia.
Men, women, and children each drank about 40 gallons of cider annually since water at the time was unsafe to drink and contained deadly bacteria and parasites.
The Romans invaded England and discovered the local Celts were making cider from nearby crabapples too bitter to eat.
