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TIL about Armin Meiwes; a German cannibal who killed and ate Bernd-Jürgen Brandes in 2001, as part of a cannibalistic fantasy both men shared. Brandes explicitly filmed his consent for the ordeal on camera. . In 2006, Meiwes was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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