- Tattoos last longer than you do
- Tattoos have been around since 33,000 BC
- The Bible states 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourself. I am the Lord'
- The first tattoo gun was based on the design of a doorbell
- There are at least 100 different colours of tattoo ink
- Brick dust use to be used as a red ink in the 1800's
- Urine was used to sterilize needles
- Sailors tattoos meant different things
- A full rigged ship shows he has sailed around Cape horn
- An anchor indicates he has sailed the Atlantic Ocean
- A dragon denotes that the bearer has served on a China station
- A shellback turtle shows the sailor has crossed the equator
- 'HOLD' tattooed on knuckles of one hand and 'FAST' on the other were said to allow the bearer to grip the rigging better.
- Tom Leppard from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has 99.9% of his body covered with Leopard skin tattoo:
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