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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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
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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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One or two alcohol drinks a day can be anti-inflammatory.
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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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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