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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Orange juice naturally contains a small amount of alcohol.
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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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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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One or two alcohol drinks a day can be anti-inflammatory.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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