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Q: A new study says that over the past 3 centuries, this has gotten 700% larger?

A: wine glasses

A new study out of Cambridge University in England found that over the past three centuries, wine glasses have gotten almost 700% LARGER.

In the 1800s, the average wine glass could only hold about 2.2 ounces.

Today, the average wine glass holds about 15.2 ounces.

(Daily Mail)

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