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Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up.
Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 8
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It was an odd situation. For a century and a half, men got rid of their own hair, which was perfectly comfortable, and instead covered their heads with something foreign and uncomfortable. Very often it was actually their own hair made into a wig. People who couldn't afford wigs tried to make their hair look like a wig.
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