Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors couldn't figure out how much anaesthesia to use due to his size. Instead, they used Andre's claim that "it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside" as their guide.
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Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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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 George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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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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