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In the times of the Roman Empire it was normal for men in Italy to use certain body marks in the form of tattoos, as a way to distinguish slaves from gladiators and also normal citizens from prisoners.  Though those times have disappeared, so have those practices. 
In our modern age, tattoos serve many folks [...]

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The start of tattooing in the west began when Captain Cook who was a British explorer sailed to Tahiti.  The Tahitians used the term “tatatau” or tattau, meaning to hit and this became today’s term “tattoo”.  Tattooing  became fashionable among Europeans, starting with the sailors and 18th century explorers.  Sailors and later, coal miners, both had [...]

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