Random Hair Facts

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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley promised to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Only 2% of the Earth's population are natural redheads.
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    In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Only 2% of the worlds population is blonde.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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