I am not a fan of the Ig Nobel Awards which to me is rather snide approach to science which may simply test whether or not common assumptions have a basis in reality, but it is tempting to think that the Lancet have discovered something as surprising as "the Sun is rather hot", with a study of Russians' remarkable ability to drink themselves to death:
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The risk of dying before age 55 for those who said they drank three or more half-litre bottles of vodka a week was shocking 35%. Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and fewer than 1% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category. It is not clear how many Russian men drink three bottles or more a week. Lead researcher Sir Richard Peto of Oxford University said the average Russian adult drank 20 litres of vodka per year while the average Briton drank about three litres of spirits. |
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