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That’s got ouch written all over it.
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Back when life was short, brutal, and inky.
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Yeah, what was prison ink like back then?
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Prickly pear spines come in two types. One is very fine, like fiberglass, and grow in clusters on the leaves, called glochids, and are a royal pain because they itch and sting madly if you get them in your skin. The second ferocious spiny type must be what they used for tattooing.
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A date of …[137–215 CE] was returned on a human coprolite
That’s fossilized poo y’all!
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From a quick misread of the article title: tattooing bear’s ears sounds quite the dangerous hobby 
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