What Did Alko Make?? #shorts #company #history #alko #finland #drinks #interesting #ryankelly #ypr

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The fact that Alko mass-produced Molotov Cocktails isn't even the craziest part. Finland conducted _actual state trials_ for the optimal design of Molotov Cocktail, in the same style as a rifle or pistol evaluation. Their findings included the ideal bottle type, ratio of contents and ignition system. Their findings are listed on Wikipedia!

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the reason for the name is because the russian foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov said that the Russians weren't invading, they were there to deliver "Food packages". So yeah, the Finns were saying "Have a fucking drink to go with your food parcels, Minister Molotov".

jonassunden
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The term Molotov cocktail actually comes from this.

Russia claimed the bombs sent to Finland were "Molotov's breadbaskets" and the Finns sent "Molotov cocktails" in response.

francishollingshead
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“With everything going on how are you feeling now”

“like having another Barbecue”

underdabus
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Molotov kept dropping "breadbaskets" somehow they kept blowing up when they hit the ground. The Finns responded to the party by providing cocktails, and buddy they were fire!

kevinh
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Finland and Poland joined together in the pure essence of "try it again, I dare you" to Russia.

alannatherson
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Fun fact: During the war, the Finnish government bought shit tons of empty booze bottles from Alko, only to quickly realised that filling them really took time. One of the managers in Alko told the government that they could use the Rajamäki´s factory to fill the bottle since there was no use for the equipment for obvious reasons. The process was quickly started without even bothering to do any bureaucracy (which is surprising for us Finns). The first sets of Molotov cocktails still had bottlecaps with Rajamäen tehtaat (Rajamäki´s factory) on them The Soviets then tried to bomb the factory several times but missed. Alko also used their own mix of waste spirit, petrol and tar. Cheers! ;)

MrHarbot
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Interesting how Ryan's straight character is not scared of this one.

robertfrank
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Finland, and for that matter all the nordic countries, have always had this hidden, zen-like FAFO energy just stored away in their personalities for a rainy day.

As an American, this brings a proud tear to my eye.

paradoxical
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The Finnish scare me on five fronts.
1) Their weather.
2) Their video games.
3) Their snipers.
4) Their alcohol.
5) Their all-purpose autocannons that were used for killing tanks, airplanes, and as *impromptu sniper rifles*

dunethewanderer
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As a Finn, I did not expect to see Alko here.

ImJustAlex_
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Glad to see they've still got the spirit. Go ahead, have some fun. c:

-Sincerely, a Canadian. Not biased about spicy war times at all.

Just_a_commenter
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Everyone is a gangster until the snow starts speaking Finnish...

jswilson
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We'd do it again is the best part

mariocayetano
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"we'd do it again" also applies to Canada

QuebecFietser
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Finnish person here: can confirm, Alko bottles make great molotov coctails, especially the cheap ones because they turn into shrapnel :)

NyüxTheDragon
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The reasons why they're called Molotov cocktails
The soviet diplomat to Finlands name was Molotov, who made claims that the invasion wasn't an invasion but a relief effort for starving Finns
The soviets would drop these cluster bombs that looked like wooden baskets so Finns jokingly called those "Molotovs bread basket"
So when they started using wine bottles as makeshift fire bombs against the soviets they called them "Molotovs cocktails" joking that "you need a drink to go with the food"

warhawk
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I love how, now matter who you talk to, Finland's attitude is, "do you remember Simo? _You _*_will_*_ remember Simo..."_

jordaneggerman
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I'm just happy that someone else is acknowledging that the Soviets weren't the "good guys" during WW-II.

earlwyss
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Its always a good reminder that the USSR wrre definitely not the "good guys" they were just the other "bad guy" who fought alongside the Allies

gledtrain