• Al Podgorski/Chicago Sun-Times
  • Yep, it’s that bad.

Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

• That Guinea has banned the consumption of bats, rats, and monkeys in an effort to halt the spread of the ebola virus? —Ben Sachs

• That at least three books in Harvard’s libraries are bound in human skin? —Aimee Levitt