TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom

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TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom - Lemmy.World

I thought it was to cover up syphilitic lesions and just kinda stuck around.
It was also a thing of class since white powered wigs where taxed more if remember right. Cant have the poor people looking pimp in white wigs!
That typo made me chuckle.
Ah me to corrected.