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Absinthe lollipops

Green absinthe flavoured lollipops

Updated on 13 October 2026. The original 2008 post is kept below. Absinthe myths, cleared up About those “cool hallucinations”: sorry, science has ruined it. Absinthe’s wild reputation comes from 19th-century France, where it was blamed for “absinthism”, a supposed…

Baby mice wine

Bottle of baby mice wine with mice floating inside

What would be the most disgusting substance you could imagine flavouring your wine with? Well, I’m sure baby mice would not come too far off? Baby mice wine is a traditional Korean health drink, which is brewed by drowning alive…