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    The Curious World: Pulgas Vestidas, the World’s Smallest Dolls

    7 July 2020 / 5 Comments

    In the late 19th century, and for reasons which I am yet to fathom, Nuns in a convent in Mexico began to dress dead fleas in tiny costumes.

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