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Iron Age Bog Man Wore Hair Gel!

By Alex in Everything Else on Jan 7, 2006 at 5:26 pm


Archaelogists from the UK and Ireland described two Iron-age "bog bodies" found in peat bogs in Clonycavan and Croghan, Ireland.

One of their most interesting findings:

It also revealed that he had been using a type of Iron Age hair gel; a vegetable plant oil mixed with a resin that had probably come from south-western France or Spain.

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  1. Osama bin Login
    Jan 7th, 2006 at 11:49 pm

    I thought "Queer Eye" didn't sound original...

  2. Fennec
    Jan 9th, 2006 at 9:38 pm

    Actually, my last name comes from some old English and means "bog dweller". Don't spread this information around, though.

  3. Alex
    Jan 10th, 2006 at 2:11 am

    Do you wear hair gel, Fennec? :)

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