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The first microscope discovered eyelashes up close and called them “tiny brooms.” Beauty science is brutal.

✗ FAKE
Early microscopes, such as those by Hooke and Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century, revealed cells and microorganisms. There is no known account of eyelashes being called tiny brooms.

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