There's a new vaccine for alcoholism that gives drinkers an immediate and harsh hangover, even if they drink a small amount of booze.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The world record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 liters/16 gallons).
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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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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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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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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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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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