Drinking stories that put yours to shame

She is not moving that fast. This is what the waitress would look like if you drank everything on her tray.

(Mental Floss) -- Turns out, the best drinking stories in history are actually, well, historical. So raise a glass to your forefathers and marvel at these tales.

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History full of drinking stories that are hard to swallow

Bartenders in canoe dipped drinks from alcohol fountain

Brew-nami of 1.3 million gallons of beer killed 9 people

Sailors drank vat of rum preserving dead body of Adm. Nelson

1. Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-Century throwdown

2. The London Brew-nami of 1814

3. New York state of mind: The Dutch ingratiate themselves to the natives

4. The worst aftertaste in history

5. Indian elephants raid the liquor cabinet