Popular Science reports that scientists from Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam have just classified a species of giant isopod in Vietnam. They've named it Bathynomus vaderi after Darth Vader, as they see a resemblance between its head and Vader's famous helmet.
Giant isopods are a popular source of meat in East Asia, so it was easy for the researchers to acquire large quantities of them from fishermen for examination. The researchers' article in the journal ZooKeys makes no mention of mysterious powers from Bathynomus vaderi, such as the ability to choke people without touching them.
-via Dave Barry
When my son lived in Chins his mother in law wanted to make dog. He told his wife absolutely not to have a dinner with dog meat. Sure enough the MIL (along with his wife) made such a dish and he unknowingly ate some of it. They laughed and told him what they had done. He was livid. Being a dog and cat lover it hurt him so much to know they killed a puppy for their dinner. He divorced her because he felt he couldn't trust her after that.