If you happen to like our videos and have a f→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Nazis, The British Accent, and BBC News https://youtu.be/_hRQq5e7Wi0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt Why Do We Call Scammers "Con Men"? https://youtu.be/J1tl0P4gbb8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: Called by some a “vagina wig,” the Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun, merkin, as “an artificial covering of hair for the female pubic region.” And although given the recent popularity of meticulous waxing and grooming of one’s nether regions you may think the merkin must be a modern invention, in fact, it has actually been around for at least five centuries. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/11/curious-case-merkins-aka-vagina-wig/ Sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212380/?ref_=nv_sr_1 http://redhotsburlesque.com/2013/legend-carrie-finnell/ http://www.laweekly.com/news/from-medieval-hookers-to-lady-gaga-a-brief-history-of-the-merkin-2530658 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://gawker.com/5813793/lady-gaga-shows-off-turquoise-pubes-and-armpit-hair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasties https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-stoddard/pasties-and-merkinsa-hist_b_8994866.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.healthline.com/health/std/syphilis#treatment4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969906 https://www.allure.com/story/kate-winslet-unscripted https://thoughtcatalog.com/dan-hoffman/2011/03/the-merkin-a-brief-history-of-the-vag-wig-nsfw/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merkin http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/merkin.htm http://www.madelinemartin.com/2012/03/a-hairy-history-for-the-