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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Woman
Foreheads
Women
Kissed
Heels
Invented
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Fashion
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