Tapers are a great way to begin your ear stretching journey. A taper is a straight piece either steel or acrylic that is small on one side and larger on the other. When you insert a taper it will increase the size of your piercing.
First attested in English 1176, the word oil comes from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, which in turn comes from the Greek á¼Î»Î±Î¹Î¿Î½ (elaion), olive oil, oil and that from á¼Î»Î±Î¯Î± (elaia), olive tree, olive fruit.
Where did tobacco originate from? We already know that processed tobacco comes from the tobacco plant, most commonly Nicotiana tabacum. Plants from the Nicotiana family originated from both North and South America, Australia, Africa and the South Pacific. However, the tobacco that is most commonly grown as a cash crop today originated in the Americas where it had long been cultivated and used by the native people. Christopher Columbus was the first European to be introduced to the plant on his first voyage to the New World.