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Mmmm, Brains: Everything You Wanted to Know About Cannibalism But Were Afraid to Ask

It's the time of year when seeing flesh-eating zombies on the streets is actually kind of normal. So let's talk about cannibalism. You know you're wondering. When did all this craziness... READ ON

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The Weird Week in Review

Couple Sold Pot for a Good Cause Michael Foster and Susan Cooper, both in their 60s, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, were arrested for running a marijuana-growing operation that netted an estimated £400,000. Both had good standing in their community before officers noticed the smell of cannabis coming from their farm house. Officers found 159 pot plants inside and an elaborate growing operation. The two were sentenced to three years in jail. They didn't use their proceeds for a lavish lifestyle,... READ ON

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13 Disturbing News Stories You Probably Missed

One of the biggest news stories of 2012 has been the so-called Miami Zombie attack, where one man—theorized to be on bath salts—attacked a homeless man and gnawed on his face. But lots of other terrifying things happened all over the world this year that didn’t get nearly so much coverage. Read on. 1. Macabre Black Market In Thailand, a British citizen, Chow Hok Kuen, was caught attempting to smuggle something very horrifying into Taiwan: six dried human fetuses covered in gold leaf, tattoos,... READ ON

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Heil Honey I'm Home: The Nazi-Themed Sitcom Canceled After One Episode

File under Things That Actually Happened: On September 30, 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting aired a single episode of Heil Honey I'm Home, a Nazi-themed sitcom featuring fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The couple inexplicably live in a Berlin apartment building, across the hall from the Jewish couple Arny and Rosa Goldenstein, whose goofy antics infuriate the Führer, leading to weirdly unfunny 1950s-style sitcom setups. In this patently offensive parallel comedy universe, the... READ ON

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Can You Tattoo a Corpse? And Four Other Fascinating Facts About Death

Photo Courtesy of Order of the Good Death Are you guys watching Caitlin Doughty’s "Ask a Mortician"? You should be. Not too long ago, I tweeted about how it’s my new favorite thing ever and my mom immediately texted me and wanted to know if we needed to talk. After I explained that Caitlin is more Mary Roach and less cryptkeeper, the intervention was called off. Actually, my mom is now an Ask a Mortician fan, too. Here are just a few things I've learned from Caitlin: 1. Rigor mortis kicks in... READ ON

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The Weird Week in Review

Swedish Chef Told to Stop Making Good Food Annika Eriksson is the head cook at a school in Falun, Sweden. Her students have enjoyed extraordinarily good meals, including fresh-baked bread and a vegetable buffet with over a dozen different offerings. School officials told her the food she was serving to the students was too good -and that she will have to scale it back because it's not fair to students at other schools in the district. Her vegetable buffet will be limited to half as many choices, and she... READ ON

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The Weird Week in Review

Scottish Village Gets a "Sister City" -on Mars Many cities and towns around the world have a link to another city or town far away, for friendship and cultural exchanges. The village of Glenelg, on the western coast of Scotland, has announced it will "twin" with another place with the same name. Glenelg, Mars, is the designated name of the spot that the Mars Curiosity rover is headed toward. Officials in Glenelg, the Scottish one, announced that an official "twinning" ceremony will take place on October... READ ON

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9 of the World’s Weirdest Museums

While museums dedicated to Spam and barbed wire are strange in their specificity, some museums are just plain bizarre in their subject matter. Here are some of the weirdest museums ever curated. 1. Leila’s Hair... READ ON

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The Weird Week in Review

Toddler Steals Keys and Car A four-year-old boy in Gärsnäs, southern Sweden, sneaked into his mother's jacket pocket as she slept, stole her car keys, and went for a joyride. The toddler managed to drive the car about half a kilometer and made three right turns before crashing the vehicle into a truck. A nearby shopkeeper took the unnamed child home and woke his mother. Police had a hard time believing what happened, but decided not to press charges against the child or his mother. No one was injured.... READ ON

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12 Cat-Related Patents That Are Really Quite Bizarre

To visit Google's patent website is to lose yourself in a black hole of totally weird wannabe inventions—a surprising number of which are for your feline friends. From toys meant to encourage exercise to systems that deliver live birds for food, here are 12 really weird cat patents. 1. "Method of Exercising a... READ ON