A nostalgic look at my 16th favorite from nearly a decade ago

A black-and-white historical photo shows two men in work clothes spraying a liquid from a hose into a pile of wooden barrels, likely at a distillery or warehouse. The overlaid text reads: 'The FBI poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. Frustrated that the consumption of alcohol wasn't going away (shocking), the FBI decided to contaminate alcohol with fatal impurities. Some of these impurities included methane, formaldehyde, and ammonia. This denatured alcohol got into the hands of bootleggers and thousands of people would die from it.'

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