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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Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.
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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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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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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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Milkshakes were originally alcoholic.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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