From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-370667-973221

How did geishas maintain their hairstyles?

To preserve their elaborate coiffures, geishas in ancient Japan slept with their heads on bags filled with buckwheat chaff.

This news arrived on: 06/29/2008

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