Skeptics Guide to the Universe #851

Science or Fiction

• Item #1 The Japanese spider crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod at over 12 feet (3.7 meters).
• Item #2 Cotard’s syndrome is a neurological disorder in which people believe they are dead and their body is rotting, they often refuse to eat and in some cases request to be taken to the morgue.
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• Item #3 Lieutenant General Gilles de Rais, who served under General Washington during the revolutionary war, was later convicted of raping and dismembering over a hundred children (although the exact number is unknown) and was ultimately hanged for his crimes.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.