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Tattoos seem to be a never ending topic of discussion. Here are 10 incredible little known and true facts about this subject.

The world's most tattooed person is Tom Leppard from the Isle of Skye, Scotland . Guinness World Records says that the only parts of Tom's body that are not tattooed are the skin inside of his ears and between his toes. He has 99.9 per cent of his body covered with a design that looks like leopard skin.

Canadian Krystyne Kolorful and American Julia Gnuse share the title for the world's most tattooed woman. Both of these women have 95 per cent of their bodies tattooed. Julia began to tattoo her body in order to disguise the effects of porphyria, a disease which can leave skin permanently scarred. No one knows why Krystyne chose would choose this weird way to accessorize her body.

The oldest known tattoos were found in October 1991. A 5,000-year-old frozen body of a Bronze Age hunter was found between Austria and Italy. The body was named Ozti the Iceman and was found in a glacier. It was so well preserved that scientists were able to make out a number of tattoos including a cross on the inside of the left knee, six straight lines 15cm above the kidneys and a series of parallel lines on the ankles. This was one very cool ancient dude!

King Harold II of England was known to have many tattoos. After his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, his tattoos were used to identify his body. He is mor famous today for his tattoos than his heroics in battle!

American George C. Reiger Jr. boasts over 1,000 tattoos based on Disney characters. His tattoos include all 101 Dalmatians. Because the characters are copyrighted, Reiger had to seek permission from Disney and now claims to be the only person in the world with such authorization. He received the permission on the condition that he not appear in a tattooing magazine, go to a tattoo parlors or make money in any way from his tattoos. This was one colorful and determined guy!

Early tattoos used urine mixed with colored dyes to make their tattoos. Very weird...but true!

The inventor of the first tattoo machine based the design of the doorbell.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it became fashionable for aristocrats, including women, to be tattooed. At the time, tattooing was very expensive and people paid large sums for their designs. Later, as the costs were reduced, tattooing was adopted by the lower classes and the practice fell out of favour with the social elite. There was not longer any snob appeal!

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