Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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