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The first pair of sunglasses was worn indoors to avoid eye contact with reality. We get it.

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The first sunglasses were not worn indoors to avoid reality. Early tinted spectacles are recorded in China and Europe, and they were used for glare protection or hiding eye expressions in some cases.

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