About 100 human brains have gone missing from the University of Texas

[Operator 1,927]

Roughly 100 brains, bottled in formaldehyde, are missing from the University of Texas, and no one knows why. According to the Austin American-Statesman, undergraduates and other parties may have stolen them for "living rooms or Halloween pranks."

The missing organs are part of a collection that was transferred from the Austin State Hospital 28 years ago, which was owned by pathologist Dr. Coleman de Chenar. It is believed that he acquired the brains from patients in the psychiatric hospital. By the time he died in 1985, the doctor had amassed around 200 specimens, including the brain of 25-year-old Charles Whitman, otherwise known as the Texas Bell Tower Sniper. A lack of storage resulted in the gruesome hoard being relocated to the University of Texas, where only half remain today. The university said in a statement that it would "carefully investigate" the circumstances surrounding the brains.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/3/7325695/university-of-texas-missing-brains

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Hope they didn't end up in someone's dinner plate.

[Operator 1,927]

I'm thinking that someone might pay some cash for Whitman's brain, just to say you owned it.

IDK, some strange folks out there.

[Karee 4,190]

There's an awesome joke here somewhere. Maybe something involving Rick Perry.

[Ban Hammer 13,406]

more democratic voters yay!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

more democratic voters yay!

More illegal workers for the republican gold mines

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Oddly enough the same thing has happened to congress

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Myabe some VJ'ers are having transplants. Let's see if the intelligence level goes up in the near future.

[khwaidee1 196]

One of them is rumored to be from Abby Normal.

[TBoneTX 45,537]

The formaldehyde is really alcohol -- 99.44% of UT students major in Partying.

Conversely, if 100 brains went missing from Texas A&M University, it would raise the collective intelligence of that institution by many times that number.

[Operator 1,927]

If I were in the market for brains (which I should probably consider) I'm not sure that Texas would be my first stop.

[TBoneTX 45,537]

Not Texas A&M University, certainly!

[decocker 7,198]

If I were in the market for brains (which I should probably consider) I'm not sure that Texas would be my first stop.

that's why they went to austin, highest concentration of liberals in tejas. all da brains.

[TBoneTX 45,537]

Actually, the highest concentration of besotted brains is at UT-Austin.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The formaldehyde is really alcohol -- 99.44% of UT students major in Partying.

Conversely, if 100 brains went missing from Texas A&M University, it would raise the collective intelligence of that institution by many times that number.

Your hatred of Aggies is apparent . How insulting

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