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TIL after bandit George Parrott was lynched in Wyoming in 1881, some of his skin was tanned and turned into shoes. The third governor of Wyoming wore the shoes at his inaugural ball.

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LQEDv TIL of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City dance club personalities that became popular in the late 80s and early 90s and were characterized by hedonism and eccentric costumes. The movement declined in 1994 after its founding member Michael Alig killed and dismembered a fellow member.
Z8QJD TIL During WW1, Australian Soldiers at the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux managed to steal a German tank as a trophy and transport it to Australia. Today it stands as the only surviving A7V Sturmpanzerwagen.
XEyJ8 TIL that Frederick Banting, the discoverer of Insulin, sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1, cause he believed that his discover "belongs to the world".
0dMDL TIL Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson Saved His Mother's Life When He Was 15. Ata Johnson tried to walk into oncoming traffic on Interstate 65 in Nashville. The Rock was able to grab her and pull her back. She doesn't remember the incident.
W7QEX TIL that Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky was not at the funeral of Vladimir Lenin, despite being among the USSR's top leadership at the time of his death. Trotsky later claimed he had deliberately been told the wrong date for the funeral.