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There is a giant alcohol cloud in space.

Why it is true

In the Sagittarius B2 star-forming region, astronomers detected a cloud containing billions of liters of ethyl alcohol and ethyl formate, enough to fill glasses across the planet.

Source: Astrophysics Journal

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