20 Surprising Facts That May Change Your Mind About Evil Dictators

6. Benito Mussolini's Favourite Drink Was A Strawberry Sherbet Frappe

Ruling Italy with an iron fist as a fascist military dictator must have been thirsty business - and presumably that is the reason why Benito Mussolini developed a particular fondness for a far-from-masculine strawberry sherbet frappe. A deliciously sweet mixture of Chianti wine, angostura bitters and strawberry sherbet, the drink became a household staple in Mussolini's grand quarters. In fact, so widely known was it that the Duce loved a strawberry sherbet frappe, a man called Giuseppe Marscone was lynched by an anti-Mussolini mob for ordering the drink towards the end of World War II. Seems a bit harsh...