The Myth of Absinthe

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Absinthe makes you hallucinate and possibly even have a seizure, right? Nope. It's all a part of the myth of absinthe, which is really just a bitter tasting liquor with a bad reputation.

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0:47.3	coming to bring you madness and delirium.
0:51.1	Possibly easier.
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0:54.9	I wish Jerry would put some sort of twinkle effect in there after I say Stuff You Should Know
0:59.9	to nod to the fairy thing.
1:02.6	Yeah.
1:03.6	Well, you know, she's listening.
1:06.6	She is and she's furiously scribbling notes in my imagination.
1:11.4	Yes.
1:12.6	Only in your imagination.
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1:14.6	She's really stirring me so.
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