Random Alcohol Facts

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    Wife-Carrying Championship in Finland Gives Winners Wife's Weight in Beer
    There's a wife-carrying championship that takes place in Finland every year where the winner receives his wife's weight in beer.
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    White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter.
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    Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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    All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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    Beer Used to Be Classed as a Soft Drink in Russia
    In 2011, Russia acknowledged beer as an alcoholic beverage. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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