After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Tabasco sauce is aged in barrels previously used for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
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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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There's a new vaccine for alcoholism that gives drinkers an immediate and harsh hangover, even if they drink a small amount of booze.
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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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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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