Absinthe is a high volume alcoholic drink (up to 89.9% in the UK) which contains a hallucinogenic ingredient called Wormwood and is banned in the United States.
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A cauliflower that weighs almost 72.5kg has broken the world record by almost 3kg.
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Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!
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Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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