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Jul 05, 2020

TIL that the majority of the alcohol industry's sales come from so-called problem drinkers—people whose drinking is destroying or risking their health.

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Jun 14, 2020

TIL At 1:10 a.m. on May 9, 1945, night owls in the USSR heard a radio report that Nazi Germany had officially surrendered to the Soviet Union. Rather than wait until morning to celebrate, citizens took to the streets in their pajamas. 22 hours later, the entire country had run out of vodka.

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Dec 22, 2019

TIL Massachusetts banned Christmas for 22 years because people were drinking too much and crossdressing

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Nov 21, 2019

TIL in Kentucky that five million gallons of the "angel's share" from bourbon evaporates every year, which is also covering the state in a black fungus called "Baudoinia" that feeds off the ethanol vapor released by liquor as it ages.

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Sep 07, 2019

TIL: Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is often portrayed as the epitome of Mexican machismo, never drank alcohol. He actually was so worried about alcoholism spreading in Mexico, that he banned alcohol from his province of Chihuahua.

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Jun 30, 2019

TIL Winston Churchill gets a doctor’s note to drink “unlimited” alcohol in Prohibition America

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May 01, 2019

TIL 10% of the people account for 60% of sales of alcoholic beverages

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Mar 30, 2019

TIL Wine Glasses Are Seven Times Larger Than They Were In The 1700s

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