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Book at Havard is bound in human skin

Experts at Harvard have confirmed a 19th century book held in one of the prestigious university's libraries is bound in human skin.

A series of tests by scientists and conservators on Houghton Library’s copy of the French writer Arsene Houssaye's Des destinees de l'ame concluded with 99.9% certainty that the binding material "is of human origin".

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