Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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