Free the belly button! In this episode of Thick & Thin, we travel back 75 years ago to discover the risqué origins of the now-popular, two-piece swimsuit—the bikini. 

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-bikinis-inventor-guessed-how-much-it-would-horrify-the-public-6914887/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3094966/what-rihanna-new-leggings-why-going-viral/

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