6 Bizarre Marijuana Facts You Definitely Didn’t Know

3. Cannabis and beer are botanical cousins

Popular Science Magazine published an article featuring the relationship between marijuana and hops.

Hops are the flower commonly used to brew beer. The two share similar properties of taste and smell.

This is because Humulus lupulus (hops) and Cannabis sativa (marijuana) belong in the same botanical family called Cannabaceae.

Take a whiff of a hoppy India pale ale, and the heady aroma might remind you of something else you enjoy indulging in.

4. Tupac’s ashes were rolled up into a joint and smoked

The New York Daily News reported that Tupac Shakur’s cremated ashes were mixed with California kush and then smoked by his former rap group, The Young Outlawz.