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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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
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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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When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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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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