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TIL When Hitler adopted the undercut hairstyle, his legion of blonde (undercut) haired, blue-eyed Aryans quickly followed suit, apparently requesting the style because it eased the wearing and removing of their helmets. The style resurfaced in the 1980s and again in the 2010s

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