Bizarre

Although there were numerous headhunting tribes rumored to practice head-shrinking across the globe, only a few of these tribes were actually documented doing so. Among a few indigenous tribes in South America, mainly in Ecuador and Peru, the most well-documented...

Back in the 19th century, some books were bound in a peculiar type of leather. Human skin, sourced from unfortunate and unwilling souls was used to bind medical books and personal journals. The practice is called Anthropodermic bibliopegy…