Literacy rate â Total number of literate persons in a given age group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group. The adult literacy rate measures literacy among persons aged 15 years and older, and the youth literacy rate measures literacy among persons aged 15 to 24 years.
Absinthe is a distilled highly alcoholic drink. It is 45â74% alcohol by volume / 90â148 U.S. proof) beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit got from herbs. The herbs including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (grand wormwood), together with green anise, sweet fennel.
Since the UK, for example, had never officially banned absinthe, they began importing the spirit again in the â90s. Meanwhile, in the US, there had been an official ban. So from 2004-2007, Absinthe brands KÃ¼bler and Lucid Absinthe SupÃ©rieure worked with their lawyers to make absinthe effectively legalized in the US. In short, absinthe was never dangerous â no more than chugging vodka or shooting Fireball.