Ten Facts about Black Wednesday

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I am the self-proclaimed expert on all things Black Wednesday.

I haven’t missed a single Black Wednesday in over 30 years. I drank with the pioneering revelers in the 1980s, back when we felt we were among the few to realize that it’s a great day for drinking (four days to shake the hangover). I even made it to the longneck lounge after colliding with a fire hydrant that jumped in front of my car in the…