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Oct 2024
8m 52s

The Backstory: Getting inked…5,000 years...

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Body art...tattoos...are pretty ubiquitous these days. But where did it all start…and why? The first documented evidence of tattooing goes back over 5,000 years. But why did they do it? It’s not what you think. 

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