Things I Learned Today From Books

Today I learned the term "anthrodermic binding." Anthrodermic binding is when the skin of a previously living thing is used to bind a book about that thing. I learned about this while reading a recounting about an incident in the early 1800's when a murderer was put to death and then his skin was used to bind the book that a reporter (much like Truman Capote) had written about the murderer. . . c-r-e-e-p-y.

I also learned that urine can bleach a Lincoln Log cabin white. This was from a passage about another author's childhood. There are some pretty interesting things to read out there.