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The NBA? Ha! Circuses have been responsible for much of the popularity of tattoos.

True or False answer: True, according to “Tattoo History: A Source Book” by Stephen G. Gilbert. For one thing, tattoos and circuses have long been intertwined. During the first half of the 20th Century, every major circus employed several totally tattooed people. “The circus served as a showcase where tattoo artists could attract customers by exhibiting their work to a paying public,” Gilbert writes.