The Egyptions invented beer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer
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Beer is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced, dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC  prior even to writing  and recorded in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The world's oldest known recipe is for beer and some anthropologists believe that the beverage was probably a dietary staple before bread
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