In the 1950s, Audrey Hepburn was known for her sunbathing. In Japan, having black teeth was considered beautiful. It was a fashionable and noble symbol, especially during marriage when women were required to blacken their teeth. This tradition, known as ‘kuro-shi,’ has a long history, dating back to the Nara and Heian periods (710-794 AD) and continued until the Meiji Restoration. In the classic Japanese novel ‘The Tale of Genji,’ there is a description of how Genji found Murasaki’s appearance more charming after she had her eyebrows removed and her teeth blackened. In 1938, a teacher named Helen Hulick was a witness to a robbery. However, she was sentenced to five days in prison for wearing pants in court, on the grounds of ‘contempt of court.’
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