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This Map Shows The Legal Drinking Age All Over The World

Matt JohnstonNov 1, 2014, 22:11 IST

Here in the US we always have to wait until the ripe old age of 21 to join our fellow guzzlers at the local pub. But it didn't always used to be that way.

And around the world, not every government agrees that 21 is the right time to start making all that boozing legal.

The website Sloshspot just put together a very cool map that shows the age where different parts of the world have made it legal.

Check it out: