After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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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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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors couldn't figure out how much anaesthesia to use due to his size. Instead, they used Andre's claim that "it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside" as their guide.
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