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TIL in 1834 a 22-year old milkmaid from the swedish countryside was arrested in Stockholm for distrupting traffic by gathering large crowds with her beauty. Once released her beauty was so famous that it became a necessity for trendy aristocrats to pay her to display herself in their salons.

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