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TIL Dr. John Osborne, the first democratic governor of Wyoming, wore shoes he made of human skin to his inauguration. He removed the skin from the body of an executed train robber. He also made a doctor’s bag and coin purse. He gave the top of the skull to his 15 year old assistant as a souvenir.

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