1. Tequila Doesn't Give You a Hangover:

"Yeah, right!" you say? "Yeah, right," says mixologists and tequila makers on both sides of the border.

"Tequila treats you the same way you treat it," says Steve Calabro, bartender at Rick Bayless's Red O in Los Angeles. "If you aggressively slam it back, it will get mad and return the favor."

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