After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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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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Applying vodka to your face helps tighten your pores and can reduce the risk of acne breakouts.
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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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Tabasco sauce is aged in barrels previously used for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
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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 outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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