stackyFACTSPeter the Great formed the "All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters," a mandatory club for his elite. Attendance was compulsory, sobriety was heavily punished, and members had to participate in days-long benders that routinely resulted in severe, state-sponsored alcohol poisoning.
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