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Friday, December 9, 2011
No More Kisses for Oscar Wilde
Have you kissed Oscar Wilde's headstone? If not, you're too late. Leaving lipstick marks came into vogue since the literary great died in 1900. And now, after years for adoration, the practice is being put to a halt. All those marks needed to be cleaned, and cleaned, rendering the stone more and more porous. Read more at Time.
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Burial,
Famous Estates,
Odd News
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