TATTOO PHOTO GALLERIES
Tattoo Photo Galleries
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT TATTOOS: * In America and worldwide, more women than men get tattooed. * Tattooing was illegal in Oklahoma until 2006. * Thomas Edison had five dots tattooed on his left arm. * There are no reported cases of HIV infection from a tattoo in the United States. * 1 in 4 people have at least one permanent tattoo. * An increasing number of people are having medical alerts tattooed (instead of wearing them as bracelets) to aid doctors in case of an emergency. * U.S. President Andrew Jackson had a giant tattoo of a tomahawk that ran down the length of the inside of his thigh. * Winston Churchill's mother (Lady Randolph Churchill) had a tattoo of a snake on her wrist. * Half of all tattoos are on openly visible parts of the body. * Fifty-two percent of the U.S. prison population is tattooed. * Women are twice more likely than men to have a tattoo removed. * More people get tattooed on their backs than on any other part of the body. * Historically, an anchor tattoo indicated that a sailor had crossed the Atlantic. * Democrats are more likely than Republicans to get tattooed, but Republicans are more likely than Democrats to regret getting tattooed. * The most common reason for tattoo removal is an unwanted name (ex lover, for instance). * The second most common reason for tattoo removal is mistranslation. * Tattooing has been used as a way of smuggling secret messages across enemy lines in times of war. * In October 1991, the 5000 year-old frozen body of a hunter was found in the Austrian Alps. On his body were several tattoos.
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