Typewriter repairman, daylights as Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University.
Today, “Waldorf” and “Astoria” are synonymous with luxury, as the Waldorf (Germany)-born John Jacob Astor was America’s first multimillionaire. He was the Jeff Bezos of the 1830s (both accounted for around 1% of total US GDP). 2/ 
First, check out this map of Europe’s dominant drinking cultures: wine (red), beer (brown) & spirits (blue). Makes sense: in southerly regions where grapes grow, you get wine. Otherwise: beer. The further northeast & colder the more liquor-y it gets. 2/
For decades since its independence in 1966, Botswana was an island of black sovereignty & stability between apartheid South Africa and white-supremacist Rhodesia. Some say it was the inspiration for #Wakanda in the movie #BlackPanther. 2/