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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The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
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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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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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
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