Random Alcohol Facts

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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    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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    All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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    Beer Used to Be Classed as a Soft Drink in Russia
    In 2011, Russia acknowledged beer as an alcoholic beverage. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
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    Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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    When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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    Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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    One or two alcohol drinks a day can be anti-inflammatory.
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