Random Alcohol Facts

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    Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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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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    Drunk Ants
    Drunk Ants
    If an ant is drunk, a fellow comrade will carry him back to the nest to sleep off the alcohol.
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    Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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    Applying vodka to your face helps tighten your pores and can reduce the risk of acne breakouts.
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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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    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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