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On Joe Rogan they asked the question: Why did people where powdered wigs? The answer they found said people wore wigs to hide baldness from syphilis because baldness was a sign of having the STD. Is this true? Sounded like bull to me.

by /u/BatMannwith2Ns in /r/AskHistorians

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