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Why Break Champagne at a Ship Christening? - San Diego Sailing Tours ~ #1 Sailing Tour in San Diego = "We'll Sail You Soon!"
![TIL: You can buy bottles of fake bubbly for boat christenings that are designed to break - Boing Boing TIL: You can buy bottles of fake bubbly for boat christenings that are designed to break - Boing Boing](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Boat-christening-bottle.jpg?resize=600%2C748&ssl=1)
TIL: You can buy bottles of fake bubbly for boat christenings that are designed to break - Boing Boing
Do ships still get a bottle of champagne smashed over them prior to launch, and did that apply to spaceships too? - Quora
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