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Harvard University removes human skin binding from book (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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The passages that I found important

Des Destinées de l'Ame is a meditation on the soul and life after death, written by Arsène Houssaye in the mid-1880s.

He is said to have given it to his friend, Dr Ludovic Bouland, a doctor, who then reportedly bound the book with skin from the body of an unclaimed female patient who had died of natural causes.

In its statement, Harvard said its handling of the book had not lived up to the "ethical standards" of care and that in publicising it, it had on occasion used a "sensationalistic, morbid and humorous tone" which was not appropriate.

It apologised and said it had "further objectified and compromised the dignity of the human being whose remains were used for its binding".

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Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued (www.wpxi.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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A book on psychedelics was returned to a Colorado library after taking a "long, strange trip" for about 37 years (www.upi.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Mike Tyson hopes to deliver knockout blow with cannabis edible ears - in a nod to his most notorious fight (news.sky.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13583875

Mike Tyson hopes to deliver knockout blow with cannabis edible ears - in a nod to his most notorious fight

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Sinkhole Unearths Rumored Moonshine Cave Underneath Frontstretch Grandstands at North Wilkesboro Speedway (www.northwilkesborospeedway.com)

submitted 1 year ago by EvilLootbox@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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For decades, rumors have circulated that historic North Wilkesboro Speedway was the site of a secret moonshine still. Now some Wilkes County locals may have more reason to say ‘I told you so,’ as a possible moonshine cave has been discovered underneath the concrete frontstretch grandstands.

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Impaired driver caught after crashing into 'report impaired drivers' sign (www.timescolonist.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Cambodian prime minister bans musical vehicle horns to deter dancing (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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A New York man's pet alligator was seized after 30 years. Now, he wants Albert back (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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French study suggests one in five young people can't recognise a zucchini (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Bakery accused of reselling Dunkin’ doughnuts as its own vegan, gluten-free treats (www.today.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Delightfully devilish, Seymour!

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Customer who dunked head in pickle barrel at N.J. deli may need plea dill (www.pennlive.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Some pretty sour puns in this one 🙃

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$1,900 to have sex on an airplane? The rise, the risks and the business of high-altitude couplings (english.elpais.com)

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Cambridge academic escapes toilet using eyeliner and cotton (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/9902081

Cambridge academic escapes toilet using eyeliner and cotton

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US man extends record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to over 34,000 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Son of Israeli Diplomat Assaulted in US Jail Over A Conversation On Sausages (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Teacher hosts sword fights in class, sending bloodied teen to hospital, lawsuit says (www.sacbee.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Furby Alert: When a toy frightened the US intelligence services (english.elpais.com)

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Is Avril Lavigne really dead? The rollicking podcast taking on the internet’s wildest rumour (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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First-ever 'Florida Man' Games held in St. Augustine (www.upi.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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West Virginia’s last Hooters is being torn down. Locals are planning a candlelit vigil – complete with wings (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Woman’s €760,000 injury claim dismissed after she admits she won Christmas tree-throwing competition (archive.ph)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Linked to an archive because the original is behind a paywall 👎

Original link:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/womans-760000-injury-claim-dismissed-after-she-admits-she-won-christmas-tree-throwing-competition/a1668936539.html

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Man hurt in crash of stolen car steals ambulance after leaving Virginia hospital (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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‘I was just really in shock’: Kilt-clad man seen sticking antiques ‘in his rectum’ then ‘placing them back on the shelves,’ cops say (lawandcrime.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Japan’s millennia-old ‘naked man festival’ ending because of population decline (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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