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TIL of Bill Werbeniuk, a big drinking Canadian Snooker player . He drank 43 pints of lager in a drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair. After Sinclair passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say “I’m away to the bar now for a proper drink”

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