Random Alcohol Facts

    39 facts tagged with Alcohol Facts

    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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    Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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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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    When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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    Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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