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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. College students learn very little their freshman and sophomore years. The book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses" came to that conclusion after surveying over ... Read more

 

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]]>CollegeLearningJeremy Taylor2011-01-19T17:00:00+00:00Get Your Stones Tumbled by Sexy Heidihttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/14/whiskey-stones/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/14/whiskey-stones/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/14/whiskey-stones/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Based on a very unscientific straw poll we took, a bunch of you out there have never heard of whiskey stones. And, no, that's not a euphemism for how badass you feel after you've had five glasses of Scotch on the rocks. Whiskey stones are apparently ... Read more

 

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]]>heiditeroforma whiskey stonesAsylum Staff2011-01-14T14:00:00+00:00Does the Golden-Voiced Bum Stand a Chance?http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/13/does-the-golden-voiced-bum-stand-a-chance/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/13/does-the-golden-voiced-bum-stand-a-chance/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/13/does-the-golden-voiced-bum-stand-a-chance/#commentsFiled under: ,


It was a story that warmed hearts: Ted Williams, a homeless man with a pitch-perfect radio voice was found panhandling on the streets of Ohio by a local journalist, whose video about Williams and his golden pipes then went viral. Suddenly, ... Read more

 

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]]>Dr. PhilDr.Philgolden voiceGoldenVoiceTed WilliamsTedWilliamsJeremy Taylor2011-01-13T15:00:00+00:00Monogomy Linked to Drunkennesshttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/monogomy-linked-to-drunkenness/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/monogomy-linked-to-drunkenness/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/monogomy-linked-to-drunkenness/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Monogamous societies drink a lot more than polygamous societies do. University of Leuven economists Mara Squicciarini and Jo Swinnen have just published a working paper which makes the ... Read more

 

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]]>alcoholdrunkenessmonogamypolygamyJeremy Taylor2011-01-06T17:00:00+00:00Milwaukee Is the Drunkest City in the Nationhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/daily-beast-milwaukee-is-the-drunkest-city-in-the-nation/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/daily-beast-milwaukee-is-the-drunkest-city-in-the-nation/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/daily-beast-milwaukee-is-the-drunkest-city-in-the-nation/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Residents of Milwaukee get the most smashed. The Daily Beast developed a drunkenness matrix to rate cities on how intoxicated their citizens are. The metric is based on average number of ... Read more

 

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]]>alcoholalcoholismDaily BeastDailyBeastdrinkingDrunkest citiesDrunkestCitiesMilwaukeeJeremy Taylor2010-12-30T17:00:00+00:00BeerBot Throws You Beer From Across the Roomhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/beerbot-iphone-application-throws-beer-ryan-rusnak/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/beerbot-iphone-application-throws-beer-ryan-rusnak/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/beerbot-iphone-application-throws-beer-ryan-rusnak/#commentsFiled under: , ,


In a world where many strive to come up with biggest, best and zaniest inventions, it's a rarity to find one that's truly practical. Ryan Rusnak, a Virginia Tech grad, clearly comprehends the beauty of ultra-utilitarian household appliances, ... Read more

 

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]]>beerbeer cannonbeer inventionbeerbotBeerCannonBeerInventioncool inventionsCoolInventionsinventionWendy Rose Gould2010-12-30T11:30:00+00:00Dine by Law -- Welcome to Your Barely Legal Tasting Menuhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/27/illegal-food/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/27/illegal-food/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/27/illegal-food/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


If you feel like you've tried it all when it comes to unique foods, we my have the solution for your precocious palate: Eat and drink dangerously by gorging on this feast of criminal and once-forbidden foods. Get ready, rebel, it's time to ingest ... Read more

 

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]]>foie gras banFoieGrasBanillegal foodsIllegalFoodsjamon ibericoJamonIbericoortolanraw milkRawMilkzubrowkaMike Dawson2010-12-27T13:30:00+00:00Violent-Drunk Gene Discoveredhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/23/bad-drunk-gene-discovered/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/23/bad-drunk-gene-discovered/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/23/bad-drunk-gene-discovered/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Scientists may have isolated the gene that is responsible for making usually peaceful people violent and aggressive when drunk. David Goldman, of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse ... Read more

 

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]]>Bad drunksBadDrunksDavid GoldmanDavidGoldmanDNAgeneHTR2BNational Institute of Alcohol AbuseNationalInstituteOfAlcoholAbuseserotoninJeremy Taylor2010-12-23T17:00:00+00:00Sexy Heidi Shows Off the Edgestar Kegeratorhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/03/sexy-heidi-shows-off-the-edgestar-kegerator/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/03/sexy-heidi-shows-off-the-edgestar-kegerator/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/03/sexy-heidi-shows-off-the-edgestar-kegerator/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


If you haven't heard of a new online shopping service for dudes called Rotocade, allow us to introduce you. It's a lot like the flash shopping services that are popping up left and right on the Internet -- except it features products you actually ... Read more

 

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]]>EdgeStarEdgestar KegeratorEdgestarKegeratoronline shoppingOnlineShoppingRotocadeAsylum Staff2010-12-03T16:30:00+00:00The 10 Best Apps for Functional Alcoholicshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/16/the-10-best-apps-for-functional-alcoholics/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/16/the-10-best-apps-for-functional-alcoholics/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/16/the-10-best-apps-for-functional-alcoholics/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Being a functional alcoholic used to be looked upon with admiration. Men aspired to have three-martini lunches and still knock their presentations out of the park during afternoon meetings. Drinking wasn't a weakness -- not being able to hold your ... Read more

 

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]]>appsdrinkingfunctional alcoholicFunctionalAlcoholiciphonelistssmartphonesRyan McKee2010-11-16T13:30:00+00:00Americans Drink a Billion Dollars of Natty Light a Year -- Are You Proud?http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/15/americas-fifth-most-popular-beer-natural-light-/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/15/americas-fifth-most-popular-beer-natural-light-/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/15/americas-fifth-most-popular-beer-natural-light-/#commentsFiled under:


Today, our friends at With Leather brought us a statistic that caused us to do a double take: Americans consume more than one billion dollars' worth of Natural Light each year. In fact, the Anheuser-Busch brand is the fifth-most popular beer in ... Read more

 

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]]>anheuser-buschcheap beerCheapBeerNatty lightNattyLightNatural LightNaturalLightWith LeatherWithLeatherJeremy Taylor2010-11-15T16:30:00+00:00Ozzy Osbourne Is Officially a Mutanthttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/knowme-inc-ozzy-osbourne-is-officially-a-mutant/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/knowme-inc-ozzy-osbourne-is-officially-a-mutant/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/knowme-inc-ozzy-osbourne-is-officially-a-mutant/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. The sequencing of Ozzy Osbourne's genome yielded some surprising results. Knome analyzed Osbourne's DNA because the company hypothesized that individuals with extreme medical histories ... Read more

 

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]]>DNAgenesgenomeKnome IncKnomeIncMutantmutationsozzy osbourneOzzyOsbourneJeremy Taylor2010-11-05T17:00:00+00:00Adult Chocolate Milk Is Like Childhood, Only Drunkerhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/adult-chocolate-milk/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/adult-chocolate-milk/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/adult-chocolate-milk/#commentsFiled under: ,


"Re-taste your youth. At 40 proof." That's the tagline for the all-new Adult Chocolate Milk. Yes, the appropriately named Adult Beverage Co. has taken the classic childhood drink and revamped it as an alcoholic after-work option. Coming in at a ... Read more

 

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]]>Adult Beverage CoAdult Chocolate MilkAdultBeverageCoAdultChocolateMilkalcoholic beveragesAlcoholicBeverageschocolate milkChocolateMilkDrew Kearse2010-11-02T09:00:00+00:00Alcohol Is More Harmful Than Crack Cocaine and Heroinhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/uk-study-alcohol-is-more-harmful-than-crack-cocaine-heroin-meth/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/uk-study-alcohol-is-more-harmful-than-crack-cocaine-heroin-meth/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/uk-study-alcohol-is-more-harmful-than-crack-cocaine-heroin-meth/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. A new study suggests alcohol is more dangerous than any illegal drug. Britain's Centre for Crime and Justice Studies evaluated alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs using nine categories of ... Read more

 

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]]>alcoholCentre for Crime and Justice Studiescrack cocaineCrackCocainecrystal methCrystalMethheroinIllegal durgsJeremy Taylor2010-11-01T17:00:00+00:00Old Town Bar Celebrates Its Urinals' 100th Birthdayhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Today, the urinals at New York's Old Town Bar & Restaurant (left) turn 100 years-old. In honor of the milestone, the bar's co-owner Gerald Meagher is throwing them a party. (We hate to piss all over someone's birthday party, but in this case, ... Read more

 

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]]>birthdaycentennialmanhattannew york cityNewYorkCityOld Town Bar RestaurantOldTownBarRestauranturinalsLaura Leu2010-11-01T09:00:00+00:00Scientists Discover Gene That Regulates Alcohol Tolerancehttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/unc-scientists-discover-cyp2e1-gene-that-regulates-alcohol-tolerance/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/unc-scientists-discover-cyp2e1-gene-that-regulates-alcohol-tolerance/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/unc-scientists-discover-cyp2e1-gene-that-regulates-alcohol-tolerance/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Scientists have isolated the gene that determines how quickly people become drunk. Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine analyzed the genetic make up of ... Read more

 

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]]>alcoholismCYP2EIDrunk geneDrunkGenegenegenesToleranceuniversity of north carolinaUniversityOfNorthCarolinaJeremy Taylor2010-10-20T17:00:00+00:00Remote Control With Bottle Opener Possibly Insults Men Everywherehttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/clicker-universal-remote-bottle-opener/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/clicker-universal-remote-bottle-opener/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/clicker-universal-remote-bottle-opener/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Hey, you know how you love watching television, drinking beer and maintaining a sloth-like avoidance of even the most gentle of physical activities? Well, check it out, Homer Simpson -- the Clicker universal remote was invented just so you could ... Read more

 

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]]>beerbottle openersBottleOpenersclicker universal remoteClickerUniversalRemotelazinessremote controlRemoteControluniversal remoteUniversalRemoteDan Solomon2010-10-20T16:00:00+00:00Finnish Anchorman Fired After Drinking a Beer During Live TV Reporthttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/14/finnish-broadcaster-kimmo-wilska-fired-after-drinking-a-beer-on-live-tv/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/14/finnish-broadcaster-kimmo-wilska-fired-after-drinking-a-beer-on-live-tv/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/14/finnish-broadcaster-kimmo-wilska-fired-after-drinking-a-beer-on-live-tv/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , ,


In what turned out to be his last on-air report, Scandinavian anchorman Kimmo Wilska carried out a rather amusing prank that unfortunately got him oh-so-very-fired. As he narrates over footage of beers being poured, the camera quickly cuts back to ... Read more

 

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]]>anchormanbeerfinlandkimmo wilskaKimmoWilskanews bloopersNewsBloopersAlastair Plumb2010-10-14T14:30:00+00:00Oktoberfest Survival Guide -- How to Navigate the Beer, Fights and Boobshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/13/oktoberfest-germany-survival-travel-guide/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/13/oktoberfest-germany-survival-travel-guide/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/13/oktoberfest-germany-survival-travel-guide/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Every year, millions of people from around the world flock to Munich in Germany's Bavaria region for Oktoberfest. This celebration of drunken debauchery consistently leads to arrests, due primarily to excessive beer intake before sundown. ... Read more

 

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]]>guideMunichOktoberfestoktoberfest 2010Oktoberfest2010survivaltravelMatt Robertson2010-10-13T15:30:00+00:00Teens Take Drugs and Alcohol to Stay Popularhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/01/university--of-montreal-psychoeducation-teens-take-drugs-and-alcohol-to-stay-popular/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/01/university--of-montreal-psychoeducation-teens-take-drugs-and-alcohol-to-stay-popular/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/01/university--of-montreal-psychoeducation-teens-take-drugs-and-alcohol-to-stay-popular/#commentsFiled under: ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Popular teenagers are more likely to turn to drugs and alcohol than their rebellious or troubled counterparts. Researchers at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation ... Read more

 

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]]>alcoholDrugsJean-Sebastien FalluJean-sebastienFallupopular kidspopularityPopularKidsSchool of PsychoeducationSchoolOfPsychoeducationTeenagersUniversity of MontrealUniversityOfMontrealJeremy Taylor2010-10-01T17:00:00+00:00