Alcohol makes you Smarter!!!

We already know that beer doesn't actually make you fat but rather fights cancer, while promoting world peace, understanding, and a brighter future for all our children.
It's no surprise then that we can now confirm what the super-intelligent and somewhat wobbly gents at the local Bars have known for years: alcohol makes you smarter.
That's to say, a Swedish team has shown that mice fed with moderate amounts of alcohol grew new nerve cells in the brain. The full implications of the Karolinska Institute research - which appears in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology - are unclear, but lead boffin Stefan Brene told the BBC: "We believe that the increased production of new nerve cells during moderate alcohol consumption can be important for the development of alcohol addiction and other long-term effects of alcohol on the brain."
He did, however, add that it's possible that "the extra cells might help with learning and memory" - although I think the word "moderate" is key phrase since no-one who has ever drank a couple fifths of Beam has been able to recall a single detail in the moring of the night before.