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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White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter.
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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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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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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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