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TIL of ‘Dublin’s Pintmen’. Known to drink around 30 pints in a day, and according to a book on Irish pub law - 'Pintmen exude a sort of spiritual aura when in union with their pint. An ethereal look can be seen in their eyes as they are transported beyond spatial and temporal bounds.’

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