But the Flynn Effect states that each generation is progressively scoring higher and higher on standardized IQ tests - spatial reasoning seeing the largest jump. If our brains are getting physically smaller, maybe it's a more a matter of "trimming the fat" so to speak.

Here's another strange one: Century Egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

And another: Sheep's Head Soup
http://www.instructables.com/id/Kaleh_Pacheh_Sheep_head_soup/

(my dad used to eat this. there's nothing quite like coming home from school to find a sheep skull in the sink...)