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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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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Tabasco sauce is aged in barrels previously used for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
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