THE WEIRD

Here lives the weirdest information we could gather about our world — information you never knew existed. Information you didn’t know you were hungering for. If you love the strange, the odd, the unimaginable, and the laughably obscure, you’ve come to the right collection.

Plate for a cannibal to legally eat

Spoiler: Cannibalism is Legal in the United States (Mostly)

Shockingly, cannibalism is legal throughout the majority of the United States. No laws expressly prohibit the act of consuming human flesh in 49 states. The majority of cases where cannibalism has been a legal problem involved a different crime. For example, Joe Methany and Jeffrey Dahmer fed flesh to unsuspecting

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Flowing octopus tentacles

Octopus Tentacles: The Alien Truth about Their Biology

Let’s start by saying that Octopuses probably aren’t aliens. That being said, these creatures have qualities that are certainly alien to us. For example, the octopus has three hearts and a brain that encompasses its entire body. And, almost disturbingly, octopus tentacles can move on their own. Most people look

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