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tsaimaitreya t1_jedrtkd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:58 AM

Reply to comment by Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

That's because you don't have an ozone layer, and most of your population are the wrong phenotype for that climate anyway

A moderate sun exposition is absolutely necessary