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Does Beer Make Men Smarter?

smart drunks

It’s the age-old question, is there anything good for you in booze. Well a University Study shows that there just might be.

They found that men with a couple beers under their belts were actually better at solving brain-teasers than their sober counterparts. To reach that surprising conclusion, the researchers devised a bar game in which 40 men were given three words and told to come up with a fourth that fits the pattern. For example, the word “cheese” could fit with words like “blue” or “cottage” or “Swiss.” [I'm already lost]