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Bachelor Parties: Creating Hangovers Since 500 BC

Time explores history of debauchery ritual

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2009 2:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – With The Hangover’s bachelor party tale dominating the box office, you might be wondering: Just where did this ritual come from? Time offers a brief history:

  • In the 5th century BC, the ancient Spartans celebrated the groom’s last night as a single man
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