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	April 23, 2026

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Pull-tab cans were created because an engineer had to open his beer with a car bumper.

Inventor Ermal C. Fraze may not be a household name like Thomas Edison, but he helped create something we all use today: the pull tab that opens drink cans. Before these, opening a canned beverage often meant using a can opener — or improvising. Fraze learned that the hard way at a 1959 picnic when he forgot his church key and had to pry open a beer using his car bumper. That frustration sparked an idea that didn’t just change convenience, but helped transform an entire industry.

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		Numbers Don't Lie

Servings of Coca-Cola products sold daily around the world

1.9 billion+

Year the element aluminum was first isolated

1825

Percentage of aluminum beverage cans recycled globally (as of 2023)

75%

Year the first electric can opener was patented

1931

Czechia consumes the most beer per capita in the world.

While there are many countries whose locals have a reputation for partaking in a frosty beverage, nobody guzzles more beer than the Czechs. According to data compiled by the Japanese beer brand Kirin, people in Czechia consumed 148.8 liters, or 39.3 gallons, of beer per capita in 2024 (the most recent year for which their numbers were compiled). That marked the 32nd consecutive year Czechia topped the list. In 2023, Czechia was followed by Lithuania at 110.6 liters per capita and Austria at 104.6 liters per capita. The United States ranked 29th — a drop from 26th the year before — as Americans consumed 65.4 liters per capita. Overall, global beer consumption totaled 194.12 million kiloliters in 2024, which is roughly equal to 547 billion standard 12-ounce bottles of beer.