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TIL that librarian Megan Rosenbloom, an expert in anthropodermic bibliopegy, can determine if a book is bound in human skin or not. (Proof is in the second paragraph on the site.

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oBE5L TIL: Figure Skating got its name from skaters' abilities to trace patterns on the ice to be judged for motor control and accuracy. The rise of broadcasting the sport made the art difficult to follow on TV, so tracing was dropped in 1991, and younger athletes began winning based on difficult leaping.
16kEW TIL of "Man Walking Around a Corner", a precursor of film shot in August of 1887. The work is not a film, but a series of 16 photographs, each taken from one of the 16 lenses from Louis Le Prince's camera. A year later, he made the world's first moving image in October 1888, "Roundhay Garden Scene".
nWX1G TIL FBI records released by 9/11 Commission name ticket holders who missed or changed their flight for the hijacked planes. Danny Wahlberg and Donato Tramuto who claimed they had tickets aren’t named
GYGkN TIL that Julia Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, was born with strabismus (crossed eyes). When her husband became president, she considered getting them surgically corrected, but he told her "Did I not see you and fall in love with you with these same eyes? I like them just as they are."
XmWj TIL when Groundhog Day was released, the Washington Post wrote that “‘Groundhog’ will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. In 2006, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.