While excavating for oil in Alberta in March 2011, miner Shawn Funk spotted something unusual. What he found that day turned out to be one of the most stunning and important fossils unearthed in decades.
Freeing a trapped bear, leading a midnight hike through the jungle, playing a rousing game of jai alai—it’s all in a day’s work for the Most Interesting Man in the World. The 15 second spots are brilliantly written with quotable quips that invite parody – “The police often question him just because they find him interesting;” “He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels;” “His blood smells like cologne;” “His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body.”
Sunburned and silver-haired, Goldsmith’s character dangles a bottle of Dos Equis from thumb and forefinger, presumably unwinding after his latest escapade. “I don’t always drink beer,” he rumbles. “But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.”
Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by the German-born Mexican brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The brand was named “Siglo XX” (“20th century”) to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numerals “XX”, or “Dos Equis” (two Xs).
The main brand Dos Equis XX Special Lager is a 4.45% abv pale lager sold in green bottles. Dos Equis XX Ambar is a 4.7% Vienna-style amber lager sold in brown bottles, and was first exported to the United States in 1973.
Stepping onto The World feels like boarding a 21st-century Titanic, such is its scale and grandeur. Sitting majestically in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, this gleaming 644 feet-long white vessel is the largest, and probably most exclusive, "residential yacht" on earth.