Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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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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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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