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...threw a little blast for 40 friends. He broke out the best in the house-a brand-new keg of uncut methyl alcohol, a volatile liquid most often used for boosting aircraft takeoffs. When the party was over, ten of the revelers were permanently blinded. Eight others, including Akumu Onyiego, were dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Kill Me Quick | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...judge an alcoholic beverage not by its taste but its kick, the most popular brew for the past 13 years has been a potion known as KMQ (Kill Me Quick), a throat-burning mixture of surgical spirits and methyl alcohol. Invented by a burly Luo tribesman named Akumu Onyiego, KMQ was precisely named: less than two pints of the stuff is a lethal dose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Kill Me Quick | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

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