Madi Ford tattooed her family over the holidays. Courtesy of Madi Ford Madi Ford is a 28-year-old tattoo artist in Missoula, Missouri. She has always been supported by her family to pursue tattooing a...
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A brand-new museum has been established in Berlin to showcase the many fascinating Medieval artefacts that are being found underneath the German capital....
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