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TIL anthropodermic bibliopegy is the old act of binding books in human skin. An odd example was found in Harvard’s library, where a Bristol police record was bound in the very skin of a hanged murderer.

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rRQMo TIL that when practicing for the D-Day landings in "Exercise Tiger" at least 749 Americans were killed by friendly fire and a "wolf pack" of 6 German E-boats who stumbled on the LST ships in the dark. D-Day was nearly called off because 10 officers who knew the exact plans went missing.
KOoKR TIL that there is an official Goonies Day every year on June 7 in Astoria, Oregon. The majority of the film Goonies was filmed in Astoria and June 7th is the day the movie was released in 1985.
b7jE TIL that a British sharpshooter nearly killed an unaware George Washington before the Battle of Brandywine, but the shooter decided against it because Washington’s back was turned.
1AP7 TIL Band-aids emit a blue flash of light when pulled apart - visible to the human eye when you do it in the dark!
M7b1W TIL that John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Reagan in 1981, bought his .22 Rohm RG-14 revolver from a pawn shop on Elm Street in Dallas, Texas, the exact same street President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at in 1963.