Alcohol has existed for thousands of years, and there are many facts associated with it - interesting, funny and not so much. Scientists exist to collect various facts and report them to the public - and the public itself chooses how to manage these facts and what choices to make in their lives. Let's find out some facts about alcohol that were shared on Reddit. 
The extent to which the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with memory and thinking, shrinks is associated with the amount of alcohol consumed 
The character of Annie Wilkes in the film “Misery” by Stephen King was the personification of his severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol 
Babies whose parents drink alcohol are twice as likely to die from SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome. 
Mixing alcohol with cocaine triggers a chemical reaction in the liver, producing cocaethylene, an ester similar to cocaine. It is much more toxic and many overdose deaths can be attributed to cocaethylene poisoning 
One Australian beer company had to redesign its beer bottle because male borers (insects) were mating with the bottle, thinking it was a female. This oddity was noticed by two biologists in 1983. 
"The Devil's Chair" is a bench near a grave in a cemetery in Cassadaga, USA. According to local legend, a closed beer left on a bench will be empty by morning - the devil will drink it 
In the Czech Republic, beer in pubs is cheaper than water and other drinks 
Once in Germany they hired a special town crier. He asked the local population not to defecate in the river every time its water was taken to make beer. 
In 1814, London suffered the Beer Flood, an industrial disaster that caused a tsunami of beer after a giant vat crashed at a local brewery. The flood killed at least 8 people 
During the filming of Jackass 3D, the entire crew banned beer on set to help Steve-O with his alcohol addiction. 
Romanian alcoholic politician Gheorghe Chițu visited the dentist while drunk and had all his teeth removed 
A drunk man killed Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, months after killing his owner. 
In the US, more people die in drunken driving crashes the night before Thanksgiving than on Christmas Day. 
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in a child that occurs as a result of exposure to alcohol during the mother's pregnancy. It causes brain damage and growth problems 
The condition was only discovered in the mid-70s, and in 1988 the CDC determined that a fifth of women drank during pregnancy.
In the mid-1800s, Americans drank enormous amounts of alcohol—the equivalent of 26 liters of pure ethanol per person per year. 
Bubbles in champagne are carbon dioxide distributed in the base (still) wine, which appears as a result of secondary fermentation. They appear after adding yeast and sugar - the yeast absorbs the sugar, releasing carbon dioxide 
Alcohol-related death rate in 2019 was highest since 1910s 
A study conducted in 195 countries over a 26-year period found that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption 
Scientists have acknowledged that drinking alcohol in moderation may protect against heart disease, but have found that the risks of cancer and other diseases outweigh these benefits.
In 2004, a Taiwanese woman died after spending 12 hours in a bathtub filled with 40% ethanol. Her blood alcohol content was 1.35% 
They say she did it out of desperation during the SARS epidemic.
Dark-colored alcohol is more likely to cause headaches than "clear" alcohol 
Scientists conducted a study where participants drank equal amounts of alcohol - vodka and bourbon. 33% of bourbon drinkers reported a headache the next day, while only 3% of people who drank vodka had a hangover.
Fruit flies that regularly inhale alcohol vapors take longer to reach a state of intoxication each time. In addition, male flies are known to show signs of homosexuality after becoming very intoxicated. 
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