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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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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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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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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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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