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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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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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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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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The world record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 liters/16 gallons).
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