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Has any scholar proposed an etymology of "pissed" (in the sense of "drunk") related to drinking psychoactive urine?
The earliest example I've seen so far of this widely-recycled claim (see what I did there?) is a 2003 article by Dana Larsen in the magazine Cannabis Culture:
It was common practice among ancient ...
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Does water bring out the flavor and aroma in scotch?
I've often heard that adding just a few drops of filtered, room termperature water to scotch helps to "bring out the flavor and the aroma." The scotch guy at my store told me it involves a chemical ...
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Does drinking alcohol through a straw make you drunk quicker?
It is said that drinking alcohol through a straw gets you drunk faster. For example, The Drunk Pirate
I have absolutely no scientific explanation for why drinking alcohol through a straw gets you ...
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