lotuspeter t1_jebco9f wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:48 PM Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz Well this is bollocks! Permalink 0
lotuspeter t1_jb8o9kw wrote on March 7, 2023 at 6:51 AM Reply to Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by geoxol I’d have thought before then too. There’d have been a point when Keith realised he could get to his girlfriend’s house a lot quicker on one. Permalink 1
lotuspeter t1_jebco9f wrote
Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz
Well this is bollocks!