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Hosk Rodriguez * This article was originally published here

  Americans spend approximately 1.65 billion per year on tattoos As tattooing continues to become more socially accepted, the embrace of the art form steadily grows. (tattoodo.com) Your skin will be pierced from about 50 up to 3000 times per minute by the tattoo machine , depending the shape and size of the tattoo you want. (list25.com) The first tattoo machine got its inspiration from Thomas Edison's electric pen In 1891 the first electric tattoo machine was created, gaining inspiration from Edison's electric pen. (tattoodo.com) The inventor of the first tattoo machine was Samuel O'Reilly , who added needles and an ink reservoir to the design. 10. (tattoodo.com) In Japan, people displaying tattoos are banned at some beaches and most public baths because tattoos are associated with the Japanese mafia (yakuza). – Source 20. (kickassfacts.com) However, the title for the most famous of all criminal tattoos goes to the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza . (list25.com) Read more about t