In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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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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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 the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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