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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The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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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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Nearly half of the entire world's adult population has never drunk alcohol.
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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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Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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