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ImJustStandingHere t1_jec6k54 wrote

Reply to comment by enfiel in 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

Because of Niels Ryberg Finsen, who began studying the effect of sunlight on health around the 1890's.

Coco Chanel might have helped popularize it, but it was already underway

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InsatiableWand3rlust t1_jec518r wrote

Reply to comment by SuedbyHogs in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium

Interesting idea. Makes sense because coasts are where immigrants and foreign nationals first come to when they travel to the given country. This seems pretty spot-on. Or maybe it's because cities in general are developed alongside water bodies, and some of these are on oceanic coasts, and cities are more diverse in general, making them more liberal.

Some inland areas are more liberal than coastal cities, though (Paris is probably more liberal than a small Mediterranean city on its southern coast).

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CandidateDecent1391 t1_jec3z4y wrote

Reply to comment by GetEquipped in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]

maybe. accounts like yours are advertised for a few hundred bucks or more. no idea if people buy at that price or not.

more often than not though it's a coordinated scam or astroturfing network without direct person-to-person sales, i would imagine

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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jec3wdt wrote

Reply to comment by SeiCalros in 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

It's not intrinsically associated at all, colorism has always existed even inside ethnically homogenous societies.

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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jec3mrx wrote

Reply to comment by dr-dog69 in 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

Do not compare America's classism with an actual caste system. They are different animals.

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