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"People never got sunburns before we all started eating seed oils in the 70's"

You can just research the history of sumburn. Spoiler: humans have always experienced sunburn.

People wore clothes and used parasols. The fucking EGYPTIANS used rice paste (which actually reflected UV). The Greeks used olive oil (roughly SPF 8). The US army used some shit called red vet pet paste in the 40's, and that eventually evolved into the formula for Coppertone.
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Laeserin · 1d
Yeah, everyone just wore clothes and hats/scarves. And they lived in places that their melanin-levels were appropriate for and avoided the afternoon sun. Ethnic Europeans are often nearly-naked all summer, now. But they used to be fully-dressed. Even at the beach.