There is a giant cloud of alcohol in space, specifically ethyl alcohol, near the center of the Milky Way.
Why it is true
Astronomers have detected a massive molecular cloud in the Sagittarius B2 region, near the center of our galaxy. This cloud contains vast amounts of ethyl alcohol, among other complex organic compounds, demonstrating that chemical reactions in space can produce molecules similar to those found on Earth.
Source: NASA
Would you rather be asked first?
This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.
Related facts
All other planets of the solar system fit in the space between Earth and Moon.
Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space.
Astronauts can grow up to 5 centimeters in space.
There is a massive water vapor cloud around a quasar that holds 140 trillion times the water in Earth's oceans.
